Burying the Shadow
“He made no effort to cajole me.
After we had eaten and packed away our things, we started walking towards the west once more. We found the wide road we had followed, and walked away from the town of vines and ferns. We did not see any sign of life, although it was not long past dawn, so perhaps no one was awake at that hour. I was feeling stiff and disagreeable, haunted by a dream I had had about my mother. She had expressed disappointment in me.
‘You walked right past the answers,’ she’d said.... ‘You wasted your opportunities.’ In my dreams, I was whipping myself for not having worked out the puzzle sooner. One thing was certain; I’d have to try and gather more evidence of the existence of the Host before I could present my theories to the guild leaders in Taparak. This eventually prompted me to break the silence with Keea.
‘So where do we begin looking?’ I asked him.
He pretended he’d been deep in thought, and took a few seconds to answer me.
‘Looking for what?’ he said.MoreLess
After we had eaten and packed away our things, we started walking towards the west once more. We found the wide road we had followed, and walked away from the town of vines and ferns. We did not see any sign of life, although it was not long past dawn, so perhaps no one was awake at that hour. I was feeling stiff and disagreeable, haunted by a dream I had had about my mother. She had expressed disappointment in me.
‘You walked right past the answers,’ she’d said.... ‘You wasted your opportunities.’ In my dreams, I was whipping myself for not having worked out the puzzle sooner. One thing was certain; I’d have to try and gather more evidence of the existence of the Host before I could present my theories to the guild leaders in Taparak. This eventually prompted me to break the silence with Keea.
‘So where do we begin looking?’ I asked him.
He pretended he’d been deep in thought, and took a few seconds to answer me.
‘Looking for what?’ he said.MoreLess
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