Chapter 20
The child’s mother had been very clear, so Dallmin walked briskly away. It was what she wanted. Apparently if he didn’t move quickly she was going to call someone else. That confused him because he would have been happy to have met someone new, but she made it sound like it was something he wouldn’t like. It was the second time he had heard the name ‘Thapolis’ and he was curious to meet him or her. However, the woman clearly preferred him to leave, so he did. He hadn’t even had a chance to hug the little girl. She hadn’t been smiling so he’d wanted to make her happy. Her mother had become very loud when he’d explained that to her.
He found a street he hadn’t seen before and turned into it, careful to stay on the smooth raised strip along its edge. There were at least ten other
