Chapter 18: Overgrown in OilThe dry lands were a prelude to Foulfell itself. The sight of desert rock and dusty canyons were just images in the heads of Wick, Yewki, Seff and Voltu, until reality finally showed them just how far they'd managed to travel. The snow was behind them at long last – just one sea separated the two distinct climates, which was what the group were sailing along together, on a cargo ship belonging to Gravartio; the first village that travellers would encounter when crossing the water. The sailors didn't mind hauling four men and a bear for the right price, so long as they kept to themselves and didn't interfere. It was a nerve-racking trip for all of them, but mainly for Seff. The closer they got to the dry lands, the more impatient he became. Unfortunately, the win
