VII
Great Eastern Road twenty years earlier.The next day, Deirane and Jensen got up at dawn. After a hot breakfast to face the day, they went to the stable to hitch their horse to the cart. Festor and Jalia were already there. The young lieutenant was putting an oddly shaped saddle on the two strange mounts the humans had spotted the night before. The simple-minded woman helped him, looking at him with adoration in her eyes.
“Are you leaving too?" asked Deirane.
“We have a long way to go," Festor replied, "we could ride together. I think we're going to the same place.”
“I doubt it," replied Jensen, "but thank you.”
“You’re going to consult a Bawck Shaman in Chabawck?”
“How did you...?”
Jensen was speechless, astonished.
“It's marked on your daughter's face," Festor explained. “As b
