This tended to be the pattern of the days, to Keldron"s dismay. They would rise early, and ride until late, all the while Belyn teaching them new focuses or arguing with Raoul. Keldron tried to put all sounds coming for his two friends out of his mind, and concentrate for the most part on a focus that he had taken great pleasure in learning. The woods they tended to pass through were not as extensive as the great forest, which was still a way off to the North and West.
When they reached more open land, Keldron employed the focus of farseeing. Holding a heavy but small rectangle of copper-stained quartz, he tried to put out of his mind the snappy comments coming form his two friends about why a particular focus should be called one thing and not another. He concentrated on the stone and lo
