“‘Have pity on me, and let me live.’
“‘Let you live? Why, of what use will you be to me alive?’
“‘I will be your guardian spirit in war.’
“‘No. Mbengga is small, and I am mightier than all others in war.’
“‘Then I will be your god of safe voyages.’
“‘I am no sailor. My home is the land, and I hate the sea.’
“‘Then let me help you on the tinka-ground.’
“‘When the game is played my lance flies truer and stronger than them all.’
“‘Then I will make you beloved of women.’