The knife of Aba Gvoha moved like a flash of lightning, but the hand of the maker outran the lightning.
The knife of Aba Gvoha had moved only as far as the distance between two knuckles before it could no longer move.
The knife above his head would not move.
Aba Gvoha tried to pull the knife down from above his head, but it would not come down. He pulled so hard that he lifted his feet off the ground.
Aba Gvoha let go of the knife and dropped onto the stone below him. When the tears of his sobbing had made a puddle on the stone, Aba Gvoha stood to his feet and wiped his eyes and said “Thank you” to his mirror-partner.
He said “Thank You” to his mirror-partner.
The knife dropped out of the air into the puddle of tears where it disappeared.
The maker told Aba Gvoha, “Because you have done this thing, every person born in this world will receive a gift more wonderful than words can tell.”
When the authority of the rockborn passed from Aba Gvoha to the maker, the bright light of that transfer revealed to Aba Gvoha a young male lamb whose horns had been caught in a thicket.
In that same flash of light, the maker saw the first half of the mirror-promise completed.
Now it was the maker’s turn to complete the other half of the mirror-promise.
The maker said to Aba Gvoha, “Because you have done this thing, every person born on this rock will receive a gift more wonderful than words.”
Aba Gvoha and his son took the young male lamb and killed it there on the mountain.
They killed a young male lamb there on the mountain.
They killed the lamb on the mountain.