Those principles apply to Winnowill just as much as to Smelt.

So this item from the back matter of the original publication caught my eye. At least one reader at the time had questions about the relationship and its end ("It doesn't look like she's killing him in cold blood"). The Pinis' answer:

"Regarding Winnowill and Papa Two-Edge, let's just say that neither's hands are/were clean."

If he was sent to capture a rock-shaper, by the way, it looks to me like he tried to grab the Door who guarded access to Winnowill's quarters. The feathery headdress looks right.