With a humph, I said, “Well, as you can plainly see, I’m not nearly as dead as Huny claims. ”
“You don’t look far from it. ”
I liked his joke, but in truth, I didn’t feel far from it either.
“Were Mott and Imogen able to escape, then?”
Answering was harder than I had thought it would be, and I had to force the words out. “There’s been no word on Mott since I came. I haven’t dared ask about him. Imogen didn’t . . . isn’t . . . ”
Tobias nodded and opened his mouth to say something, then closed it. Whatever he was going to say, condolences, or pity, or further questions, I didn’t want any of it. So before he could change his mind, I closed my eyes to rest them and then asked, “Where are Amarinda and Fink? Please tell me they made it to Bymar. ”
The silence was long enough that it forced
