Purn

** Purn - (l) a Quil or Reed (2) the yarn wound on a Reed.

Buck o' Kingwatter 2000

That moment came for Purn, a change as unmistakable as the opening of an eye.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

Led by Sidero, Purn and Idas were already carrying the creature away.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

I knew then that I had seen Tzadkiel before I helped Sidero and the rest catch him as Zak, and that the male form I saw was no more true (though no less) than the winged woman whose glance had stunned me then, and that neither was more true, or less, than the animal shape that had saved me when Purn had tried to kill me outside his cage.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

I had no way of knowing how long we would have to follow them before Purn would be last among them, or if he would ever be last; in the worst case, I was prepared to pin our hopes on our courage and their fears, and take him from their midst.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

Purn appeared and fired his caliver, swinging it like a fowling piece.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

There was Purn nearly upon him, and Idas and Gunnie, the latter firing even as she ran in great leaps, from high place to high place across the jumbled cargo.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

Struggling to free myself, I found myself more tightly bound than ever, a circumstance that Gunnie and Purn found highly amusing.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

Most of the sailors booed and jeered, including Purn, but not (as I noted) Gunnie.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987

"You'll die at once if you try to run," I whispered to Purn.

The Urth of the New Sun Wolfe, Gene 1987