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Jaifts are fickle in nature and do not reveal themselves on conificance, not the ”
Zachary hesitated before speaking again “Your sister said you had a way of knowing things, that the woods and stream tell you the news of the land”
“They do,” Jametari said
“We’ve no word from those who pursue Lady Estora’s captors and no ransom demands”
Jaht in a daydream “There is not much I can tell you, and certainly not the specifics you wish, for the story the land tells fades the farther west it goes” He then turned his light blue eyes to Zachary “The land speaks of the passing of a great host on paths otherwise little traveled Toward the setting sun they’ve ridden, hunters clad all in black like this guard of the dead who accompanies you They pause rarely, the hooves of their steeds like thunder on the earth, shaking the very roots of trees The forest around theency, and the creatures flee before them”
“That’s all?” Zachary asked
“Their passage obliterates all else”
Zachary’s expression was downcast He was hungry for news, ready to ride west hi, and that of his other advisors, prevented hi the pursuit She did not know if he was driven more by fondness for Lady Estora and a fear of what may happen to her, or by concern of the radom if she was not recovered healthy and whole He did not confide in Laren his personal feelings for Lady Estora, so she assuood heart and he didn’t like to see anyone harentle as Lady Estora
“Truthfully,” Jametari said, “my mind has been bent toward the probleht”
“Blackveil?” Zachary asked sharply
Jametari nodded “Would you and your captain sit with me for a while?”
Zachary glanced at Laren, and said, “Of course”
All but Brienne and a few of Jametari’s attendants sat, and at first there was silence, except for the chi the branches of a birch
“The story I feel froed since the Galadheon moved Mornhavon the Black into the future The forest rests with no consciousness driving it into deeper shadow It stagnates, remains evil and dark, yet e of an age, the forest ht heal”
“I do not think,” Zachary said, “we have that kind of time”
“So you’ve expressed before And I agree The threat will reappear before then”