The ride to the ruins was long and boring, so I curled up with Derick while he read through some plans for a new building in the pack. Occasionally, he'd ask my opinion on it, and I'd answer, but I knew nothing about architecture, so I mostly nodded and answered with yes or no.
Finally, the carriage stopped and I sat up rubbing my tired eyes.
"Are we there?"
"Not yet, it'll be another hour yet. If you'd let me take you by air, we'd have been here hours ago.''
''You will never get me back on that ship,'' I pointed at his chest, and he laughed, ''But why are we stopping if we're not there yet?''
''I just wanted to show you something, come with me."
Derick gently pulled me from the carriage and I followed him into the forest.
"Derick, I'm hungry and sleepy, can you show me this on the
