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"I beg your pardon?" Rosethorn asked

Luvosound full of rises and falls The spider crouched low to the ground, then rose to the top of its toes Luvo hummed louder and deeper, then turned toward Rosethorn "If you will permit, Rosethorn, I wish to journey to this Emelan with you" He turned his head knob toward the mountains "No, ainst the rocky heights all around theone forth does not mean I should not do it! My mountain is fine! Its waters and plants and creatures will do nicely without me, and I ander where I choose!"

By the time he had finished, all of those near hi their forearms to put asvoice as it echoed in the pass Evvy was crying "You don’t have to do this," she told the creature who had ly hours after she fled her torturers "You don’t have to leave your only home"

Luvo turned his head knob up to her "I have seen how your education goes, Evuh, but I can teach you other things And I do not wish to sleep eternity away I wish to seeyou I have felt more awake than I have felt since the first huxe I wish to stay aith you"

"Well, if that’s settled, we still need to go" Rosethorn opened a bag on one of the horses and pulled out soiven them "Will you ride a packhorse or with Evvy?"

"I will ride with Evumeimei for a time," Luvo said

Rosethorn and Briar quickly wound scarves around Evvy and Luvo until the living stone was tucked and secure in front of the girl

Jioddess when you reach Kombanpur," he told Briar They clasped hands

"I will," Briar said He bowed to Parahan and Souda and rode to Rosethorn, taking the lead rein for their string of packhorses from her

Evvy waved as the twins and Ji She waited until they were out of her view before she leaned over and spat on the earth of Gyongxe "Pass that on to Yanjing, if you’d be so good," she whispered to the gods of the real" She looked ahead "C’ave us Briar and Rosethorn has to be interesting"

"I look forward to it," the heart of thehome," Briar said "Home! My sisters, and Lark, and a city where winter arden," Rosethorn added "Winding Circle te tied very much"

"You will have to tell us," Briar replied "And the Kanpoja River will take us there"

They set off at a trot, the road clear ahead of them