Soon, the landlady pointed to the south. Asphodel smiled and thanked her, then beckoned to “Thad” to come with her, punctuating her gestures with strange sounding words. As soon as they left the inn, Thadora spoke.
'What did she say? Is there anyone who can sell us a horse or ox?'
'Shh!' whispered Asphodel. 'Don't say anything. Someone may hear you speaking Grosmerian.' She said something louder in Erian that Thadora did not understand and pulled the girl back to the main street and along it to the south until they left the village.
Asphodel's eyes blazed as she berated Thadora, almost dragging her along the road.
'You risk blowing the disguise if you don't stick to it all the time whilst we are in places where we might be heard. Anyone could be listening round a corner, or may hear th
