Ibuki then began a prayer for the peace of the gods.
“There is peace. We turn away from what our eyes tell us and turn to peace,” said Ibuki.
Elder Meesi was asked to have the horn blown for the people of Hayshua to gather near the meeting place of the village council. There was quiet throughout the village. The body of the dead boy was placed upon an elevated bed to prepare him for cremation. The body lay there for an entire day as the people of Hayshua left their task to prepare for a tribunal.
Yousho lay in his hut having been taken there by his older sister. Murder was one thing that the people of Hayshua took very seriously. It rarely happened in this village. Elder Meesi was one of the few who knew what was to follow due to his age. It had been about twenty years since the last murder by a fellow Hayshuan.
Elder Meesi had a meeting of all his people within his group in the hut of the council. They met to recall the actions that must be taken. Most of the time was spent going over the details of the events that were to follow since no one in the hut except Elder Meesi and one other woman on the council knew what was to take place.