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As he slipped over the shifting gravel below his feet and ducked to avoid the largest chunks of the wall that sailed through the air, he realized what a total failure he was How ridiculous of hiain It was iot wind of his visit and his stupid request "Oh, Liam," he chided as he walked the dusty road of Quill back toward the palace, leaving the noise behind, "Liam, you are a fool"
"Liam!" came a voice behind hiain
He turned It was Meghan, running toward hihtly out of breath
"Yes?" Lia? My hat, perhaps?" His hand went to his head and he absently brushed pebbles fro a hat, but in his e else to say
"You are a strange e But I wanted to thank you for telling us what Aaron was planning That’s helpful"
Liam looked up "You’re welcome I’m on your side I want you to know that Just as Eva was I don’t know if you believe me, but there it is I’m also very sorry--so incredibly sorry, for what I did to Claire, and if you could pass that infor, I would appreciate it very much"
Meghan regarded hi o once han said "I wasn’t finished"
"My vast apologies, Meghan" He waited
"You see," she went on thoughtfully, "I think I have an idea to help you with your little probleood one--the idea, I rinned impishly and started back toward Artimé "Come on, then!" she called out over her shoulder
Liam watched her for a moment, a puzzled look on his face, and shuffled after her
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An hour or so later, Liah Priest Aaron of Quill, walked out of Artih, and a large sack under one arm He very nearly started to whistle as he walked, but then he remembered--just in time--where he was
Aaron Builds a Machine
When Liam returned to the palace with the sack of spell components under his ar up nearly all the space on Aaron’s desk was a sparse contraption made up of rustywith other pieces ofover the contraption was Aaron His priestly robe lay on the floor in a heap and the sleeves of his shirt were pushed up There was a streak of dirt near his jaw Surrounding the desk were several large burlap sacks overfloith various nuts from the Favored Farm