Then he’d lost her, and the only means he had to get out of this terrible place was also lost.
It was no wonder that Kickaha, the man sufficient unto himself, the ever-adaptable, the one who could find comfort even in hell, was now lonely.
This was why he suddenly decided to adopt the miserable wretches of the Thana as his people. If they’d have him.
There was also the desire not to be killed. But it was the wish to be part of a community that most strongly drove him.