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My companions ate while I slept, and a tense day passed before us. As night approached I found my strength returning to me enough that I gazed longingly out the window.
“You look well enough to take a stroll,” Sage mused.
“I feel well enough to to it, too,” I agreed as I flexed my stiff legs.
“I’ll take you,” Caius offered as he stood from his spot at my side.
“We might all take her,” Sage pointed out.
Caius flashed him a sly smile as he helped me to my feet. “You stay here and think, old man. You’re always saying how that’s what you’re best at.”
Sage opened his mouth, but Bee set her hands on his shoulders. “Let them go, dear. They can’t lean on us forever.”
Sage’s expression fell and he turned his face away. I eased myself out of Caius’ tender grasp and walked over to kn
