Chapter 30: Lochlann
He flipped through one of the books they’d taken from the abandoned building, studying the pictures. The words were incomprehensible to Lochlann, but the pictures were somewhat decipherable. Plants, mostly, many he knew, a few he hadn’t seen before. Based on how they were organized he guessed the book was a kind of identification manual for what grew in various Dragon Realm provinces. Interesting, if inaccessible.
Lochlann stared at it as though he’d eventually understand, trying to block out the sound of Akton and Talfryn arguing. They weren’t loud—he doubted they cared to disturb Wren, who was napping, or Arvi, who was compiling map information—but they were only a few feet from Lochlann, and he feared he’d be asked to take sides.
“Could we drop this?” asked Talfr
