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THE INTERNAL DEBATE ABOUT whether to contact Sochi for some kind of update on Chiza and Jak lasted most of the ride to Chilali. Rasha decided there was no use in worrying if they were worse or if they were too far gone. Sochi would have already contacted her if it were the latter. Rasha led Zele to touch down on the grounds out front where she was most likely to be seen. The guards rushed out to greet her and to see to her animal, though they were never quite sure what to do with the creature who shied away from their sharp staffs.
"Zele will be fine on her own, leave her," she said as they reached up to help her dismount.
"As you wish. Welcome home, Princess Indari,” Kufre the captain of the guard said.
The six guards bowed in unison as she walked past them to the castle. How much
