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After careful discussion, the woodfolk had decided that the return trip up the exposed part of the mountain’s slope should be undertaken after nightfall. It would be easier to keep one’s footing travelling back up the mountain and quite possible to do so in the dark. And even though everyone was anxious to put more distance between themselves and the sorcerers in the nearby farmlands, they decided it was better to travel under cover of darkness. So as Jarand’s troops approached, they were still sitting around the firesite, discussing the upshot of Falling Rain’s memories.
“Now that’s another strange thing,” mused Danton “Do you remember when Tarkyn and I faced off that hunting party? And Journeyman said, ‘That changes everything’?”
Tarkyn stared at Danton, “Oh, I see. I’ve just realis
