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At last Riverdancer ordered both hih a translator that they had used their power in co They needed rest Their medicines could continue to ithout their presence, she informed the onto a patient

In his bedroll, Briar was staring at the roof of the tent, listening to Rosethorn’s sleep-breath, when he realized that he hadn’t seen any wounded Yanjingyi soldiers The other healers must have steered hiht That way I don’t have to make any hard choices

He felt around until he found Evvy’s stone alphabet by his packs With his hand resting on it, he slept

UNDER AND ON THE GNAM RUNGA PLAIN

BETWEEN THE TEMPLE OF THE TIGERS

AND THE TOWN OF MELONAM

Under Gnaa, Evvy lost track of tiht Her companions did not help: One counted time in thousand-year chunks and the other didn’t talk Except for brief stints running and necessity halts, Evvy stayed on Big Milk, even to sleep

Luvo told her about the co of the Reale of ould be Gyongxe higher and higher to forest of all the world’s s they had seen as they had traveled east That seemed to require many more explanations than Luvo’s stories He found hus from other humans, and to put an end to other humans’ lives without the need to eat them He was also curious about what Evvy had learned to do with stones She ed to collect a fe stones fro soht or warmth if they had the capability for either

The tunnel had plenty of strange pictures on the earthen walls, pictures given odd ht Evvy exaot at first She was eyeing one that seeed horse with a bird’s head when she turned to find a creature just like it staring at her

She screamed So did the creature It clattered into the dark on is, followed by three others that would have been colts if it had been a horse Big Milk, as eating one of the heaps of grass that someone had left at intervals, looked at Evvy with a reproachful eye

"Evumeimei, you must not scream at the deep runners because they are not what you are used to," Luvo told her mildly "This is their country after all"

"Their country?" cried Evvy, cla Milk’s back, where Luvo already waited "It’s a tunnel underground!"