“Begone, you buzzard! I'll be having eyeball soup if I see you again!” She considered letting go and hoping the traincars rolled right over him. Instead, she chocked a wheel. “But it doesn't take eyes to see you're taking the hard route.” “I'm considering going around the side, so the slope isn't so steep. Be about the same amount of work.” “Indeed it would. Care to hear an easier way?” Nadika looked left and right, wishing she didn't have to listen to this prankster. “You really are blind, aren't you?” She realized he was closer than earlier. “What of it?” “Blind and yet you see. Only the Seeress was known to do that.” “The Seeress is dead, vagrant. What do you known of such things?” “Precious little, I'll admit. But I do know how you can get that cart up the hill with far less w

