Ander - Chapter 6, Subchapter 43
And that shekka-kai is ivvy. most of everybody here is ivvy. some of them much more ivvy than me." "listen here you little milksop!
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 81
_how could shekka do this to her own son?_ she wondered for the hundredth time. _how could she do something like this and call it 'love'?_ she gritted her teeth and kept going, walking over jagged stones half-buried in snow without slowing down.
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 17
My mother is shekka, for crying out loud! the empty one! the witch doctor who could curse you just by looking at you! she rarely hits me, but -" "no, your father was the one who always hit you!" "don't talk about my father like that." "see?
Ander - Chapter 7, Subchapter 78
Nilia remembered a time, not too long ago, when shekka had gone into her tent to pray to the cora, and hadn't come out for close to three days.
Ander - Chapter 3, Subchapter 25
._ nilia was still trying to keep garten away, ordering him to go see shekka, but he would have none of it. _i'm okay...
Ander - Part 5: Subchapter 36
Hezzi and danado were still in the cage, obviously, and shekka had shut herself in her tent, evidently to sleep the day away, so that only left nilia, and there was only one place she'd be this time of day.
Ander - Chapter 3, Subchapter 10
Well, he had to say _something_, and he had to say it before they reached shekka's tent. "your mother is hurt, no sense in keeping that from you now, but i'll take care of it. you just go back to your tent and go to sleep.
Ander - Chapter 4, Subchapter 19
"lana, you take danado to shekka. she'll take care of his wounds, and i'll go check on the others." "we can't do that, chieftain," she said. "what? why n-" kadai suddenly understood her reasoning before he could even finish his own question.
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 111
Her whole face was contorted into a look of fury just as menacing as anything shekka could have achieved. "er, i was just -" dekori said, starting to get up. "sit down!!" dekori sat back down before his knees even got the chance to straighten fully.
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 128
._ kiana thought she understood what shekka meant now. about how love was different for everyone, and how much it could hurt. she was a mother, too, in the end... a mother in pain.
Ander - Part 6: Subchapter 31
"the plants shekka used were rare, and there was barely any rain that year. it wasn't her fault. there just wasn't enough to go around." "so they gave you their share of the medicine." "it's because i cried. it's because i was weak."
Ander - Chapter 8, Subchapter 3
Banno and shekka had gotten a pyre all to themselves. a chill crawled up ander's back, and he was powerless to supress it.