Mallory caught sight of a large creature surfacing out to sea. “You have whales?”
Welby looked in the same direction. “That’s a killer whale. Very territorial. They’re worse during breeding season. They’ve been known to sink ships that have come too close.”
“Not like killer whales in our world then,” Callum said.
Mallory eyed the creature. Was a ship the only way to the mainland?
They lapsed into silence, one of them occasionally speaking, Callum once asking if they should gather herbs. They ended up deciding to see what was at the end of the map first. Brodie, in particular, insisting they keep space in the panniers for his treasure. They were over halfway to Wildebay when they stumbled upon six goblins, one of them a couple of inches taller than the rest. Not that it gave him a heig
