In the months after returning home, Goben missed Vina and talked about her constantly. He eventually came up with an excuse to assemble a small convoy and head back to Odavik. After winter, of course. It wasn’t a surprise when Goben chose to stay there, promising to come back before the next winter settled in. I think he planned to live in Odavik half the time, but spend the other half in Foresthome, because he just wasn’t ice-proof.
Siena and Remi embarked on another journey to all the tribes. When they returned, they reported that, although some of their numbers had been decimated, there were no more plague sufferers.
As for Jastin and me, we were taking it one day at a time. He was incredibly popular during summer, when people clambered for ice or one of his snowballs. Drizzled with h
