Now .. Go

When she touched me .. the heat faded and the light of the moons returned to give me sight. Then she spoke to me with words .. instead of molten lava.

"You must go and find her."

"Who?" I asked. "Who is it I am to find?"

"The woman." She replied.

"But I do not know her." I stated.

"You will know her. Though she serves another master now .. you will still know her and she still has one third of the key."

"Where am I to go?" I asked.

"Beyond the forest." She replied.

"What of the larl? and the tem? Where am I to find them?" Thought I might as well get as much as I could before I woke up.

"She is the way." She answered.

"And the darkness?"

"It will always be with you. Darkness is sated now for a time and half a time. Go in peace."

"But what if I do not ..." I started to ask but ....

That is when I woke and lifted my head .. my half eaten bowl of food still within my hands though the fire at my wagons had eaten itself to sleep and I sat now alone ... well not quite alone. For across from the pit sat Beo. He nodded to me as soon as I opened my eyes and he rose to return to his wagon where I assumed Valerie was all ready sleeping like the rest.