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DIGGING AWAY
Thordric rose early that morning, far too early to see Vey, who never awoke until breakfast was ready. Instead, he thought about his travelling plans and realised that he had no way of communicating with Vey or Lizzie while he was away. What if something didn’t quite go to plan? He could get lost or the Wanderers might reject him, or worse…
There must be something he could use to send messages back and forth. He had heard of a number of stones that had powerful connective powers, but he had never been much good at using rocks and minerals. Plants were more his style, but was it possible to use one to communicate?
He thought back to when he had helped Lizzie in the garden last. She had said something about being able to separate a single plant into two or more parts if it
