Chapter 11
Two days later, the seekers reached the crest of a hill where they could see farmland stretched out before them. Aria inhaled and the air tasted like journeying. She was beginning to love the road, the way Jabari had always talked about. He had been the first person to ever tell her about loving the road, and at the time she had thought it was crazy. Why would you want to leave home? And not that Jabari had told Aria about it. It was more that she overheard him talking with Deto. He said it was as though there was a connection between him and the land, but the only way he could find that connection was when he was running, when the trees were a blur rushing by.
Aria couldn’t believe that instead of being here on the journey, Jabari was back in the pottery workshop with Isika.
