“Soon a freighter knocked on the door to speak with Librettowit. The tumanhofer hired the man to take boxes of books to a ship in the harbor. The ship would take the cargo south, around the coast, to be delivered to a friend who lived just outside The Bogs. Librettowit’s first thought had been to fly the parcels by greater dragon, but the freighter said the dragons had been unreliable of late. Toopka skipped around trying to be helpful but actually getting in the way. She hadn’t liked being coop...ed up in the city, and she chattered incessantly about the quest, which would be exciting, and Prushing, which was not. “It’s dreary!” she said. “But Toopka.” Kale packed a chest with their clothing. “You were born in the city.” “This city is different. Vendela’s pretty, and most of the people are nice. Here everything is gray and ugly, and most of the people are cranky. Do you suppose they’re cranky because they live in a gray world?” She climbed onto the bed and sat cross-legged with a pillow in her lap.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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