“So, if you knew her, why did you do nothing about it?” demanded Thunder Storm.
“We did.” Bean stared up at the woodman. “Now, are you going to sit down and relax while we talk to you or would you rather I stood up? It feels very uncomfortable having you standing over me like this. We promised His Highness not to harm any of you and frankly, we’d be mad to try. So, feel free to relax.”
Waterstone nodded briefly and sat down. The others followed suit. String pottered around providing cups of tea for everyone before sitting down himself.
“Go on then,” said Waterstone. “What did you do about it? I am Waterstone.”
“We talked her into giving him to the mountainfolk to mind.” Bean scratched his head. “I’m not sure that that was such a great idea, in retrospect. They haven’t been very kind to
