Chapter 4 LangrosSheene kept a rough pace on Pacalis Avenue, scolding Casimir that they would be late if he didn't keep up. He was taller than Xené and used to walking, but his Alegia robes were tailored for form, not fast movement.
The change of scenery in this ward is dramatic. The hustle and bustle of the city dimmed at the shadowy ends of the alleys, fern-spotted stone walls blocked from the westerly sun, and profuse blooming gardenia branches hanging from the walls. Shane stopped her real run. Casimir caught up with her at a slender pine door with a green copper bell shaped like a sleeping fox. He also smelled fish and traced the smell of a plate under a high wall of flowers. Some people here like cats.
Shane pulled the fox's drooping tail, and a gloomy bell rang throughout the gard
