After a moment, he lifted his hands in the air, as if giving up. "It's your choice."
I sighed. "Okay," I said, rubbing my hands together in anticipation. "Where do I start, then? What's the next step?"
"You walk straight to that line of trees," he explained, pointing to the not so far green area ahead of us, "And stride through it. Before you go past the edge, wait for about twenty minutes. That'll give us time to get to Intork and distract the two guards."
"Is the Garden of Wandering Souls past that edge?"
"Yes. That is the lower point of access," he said, glancing at that green area again. "If you go up, you'll risk being seen. Once in the garden, you'll have to walk down very quickly to get as far away as possible from the tower. But when the night falls, if you haven't found your s
