Morning came much too quickly for me on the day that my men and I would be setting off for the Mana Mountains, uncertain of how long we would be gone.
The little thing lay nestled against me, fast asleep. I had kept her up most of the night, so she was probably exhausted. However, I couldn’t sleep a wink. Instead, I sat up watching her as she lay oblivious to all around her.
A few times, her face contorted in what looked like pain, but after a few moments, it went back to normal. I found myself wondering each time what it was that she was seeing. What was it that would make her look so upset? Was it possibly something to do with her past?
Though she had told me a bit about it, I didn’t know all the details. The few times that I attempted to have her speak of it, she would change the su
