I tell no one any story but his own

The expression “I tell no one any story but his own” states a rule of personal knowledge: the Voice will tell Shasta his story, not explain another person’s. In the exchange, it answers his question about why Aravis was wounded by redirecting attention from her experience to his own.

Context and Meaning

After the Voice confirms that it wounded Aravis, Shasta asks why. The Voice calls him “Child” and says it is telling him his story, not hers. The expression makes that distinction explicit: the explanation Shasta seeks lies outside the account being given to him.

Narrative Function

The rule narrows the revelation rather than resolving Shasta’s curiosity about Aravis. It marks a boundary between the characters’ experiences and frames the Voice’s encounter with Shasta as a disclosure directed to him personally. The concise declaration therefore governs both what is revealed in this exchange and whose story the Voice is willing to tell.