Chapter Forty-One
A QUIET CHAT
It was late-afternoon on the same day when Malena walked toward the Host’s encampment again. Her entrance through the western portal gave an easy, if zig-zagging, downward path, but also an extensive view of what they were up against in the search for Radätel Gok. Days of torrential rain had accelerated the melt. Sheets of fast-moving water covered the plains below the settlement and further on the delta was now a wide brown ocean. But thankfully, the sun had made an appearance, insects clattered, small creatures chirped and a cool breeze kept the humidity at bay.
She set off down the trail. Thanks to Ubaid’s excellent abilities, she could revel in the free movement of her body and the long, rhythmic stride she’d developed since becoming a Planet Walker. B
