“Come,” Lucius said. “Let’s see if we can find some food. You must be hungry after all your hard work in the orchard.”
The children began to run ahead toward the building where they were staying.
As they went, Lucius watched them and was shocked to see how grown they were. It seemed they were always growing, and he chided himself for not noticing more. Phoebus and Calliope reached the building and Lucius stopped to look out at the marshes to the North. It was quiet out there, but for the song of water fowl and the final breath of Summer in the reeds.
Then Etain’s words came back into his mind, and he felt uneasy. Apollo had told him of things to come, that he should be wary, that he would not be able to protect him at all times. Oh Far-Shooting Apollo, what did you mean by that?
Lucius
