Derwyn, easier now, pulled a wry face. ‘You’d better say something, or we’ll be here all night,’ he said, knowingly.
Marken looked again at the crowd and then nodded. He went straight to the chair that Derwyn had been sitting in and spoke immediately. ‘You don’t need a Hearer to tell you that strange things are happening,’ he began. ‘Stranger than any of us have ever known. I left yesterday because I felt within me a need — a great lack — a profound confusion. I thought that somewhere there would be a place where I could perhaps still my mind and find some clarity. However, as you may suppose by my early return, I found no such place. And I found no answers. But I did find some of the questions that I need to ask.’ He held his hand out towards Farnor. ‘I must speak with this young man alo
