“That, being so old, you can’t yet guide yourself!”
“I can read Dante, Jasper.”
“Anan, brother.”
“I can charm snakes, Jasper.”
“I know you can, brother.”
“Yes, and horses too; bring me the most vicious in the land, if I whisper he’ll be tame.”
“Then the more shame for you—a snake-fellow—a horse-witch—and a lil-reader—yet you can’t shift for yourself. I laugh at you, brother!”
“Then you can shift for yourself?”
“For myself and for others, brother.”
“And what does Chikno?”