It would attract no undue attention, and he would have done according to the spirit of the shaman's instructions.

After leaving the Rito he climbed to the northern mesa, and instead of resting on its brink as Shotaye had, he strolled into the timber perfectly at random, hardly conscious whither he directed his steps, and content to be for once alone with his dismal thoughts.
However much he speculated and reflected upon the matter, he drew not the slightest comfort from it.

The main factor he lacked; namely, a knowledge of the judgment which Those Above would render.

This the chayani alone knew, and they alone would proclaim it at the council.

If the case of Shotaye only had been before the meeting, his position would have been very simple.