Jedi sank to his knee before the assembled Tribesmen, bowing his head.
'Jedi Ross, Beloved Son, receive your Gift,' declared Tribesman Paean, a little blue shimmering light arcing through the air to shimmer above his head.
'The Gift of Discovery,' Tribesman Kaolin continued as the light flickered.
'May you always be able to search, and find that which is lost,' Tribesman Eosin finished, and the light faded out.
Jedi rose, 'Thanks be, Tribesmen. May the Cult always be powerful, and the Clan always be plentiful.'
After Jedi, the other two children born in the same year as he received their Gifts, Healing and Leadership. They would be helpful in war.
Jedi would not.
He smiled.

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