Chapter 9 – Well MagicGailin's body ached and with her newly minted understanding of the human body, she did not doubt that the tendons in her feet would be enflamed by the time they walked the sun into the ground. She looked over the empty grasslands with a bleak eye. This was not her favorite place, she decided. It felt too exposed, especially with only Drake as a companion. He could murder her here in the grass and no one would ever find her body. She would molder and sink into the ground or be ripped to shreds by wild animals and no trace would be found.
Rather than dwell on these morbid thoughts, she decided it was time to try and engage her companion in a conversation. “Is it safe to talk now?” she began tentatively. “The villagers never come out this far onto the plains. We won't b
