Ande hoped the others would all be alright, but honestly, he was the one in trouble. He wouldn’t even be able to find his way out without Feln. This trail looked like every other one, and try as he might, he couldn’t navigate it. He and Feln had been here once, previously, when Cliodi first showed them where to go. But he couldn’t distinguish any of the features around him from everything else in the woods. Couldn’t tell which direction to turn when the trail gave him a choice. He hated being so dependent, but that was the situation he was forced into. It was another thing Ande needed to overcome, another unforeseen challenge his first mission had brought to him.
The trail led them to a stretch of the city walls, comprised of vertical logs wedged into the earth. Ande’s eyes trailed over t
