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“No”

“I watched you bring that horse back from the dead”

“I knew you atching me…”

Wasn’t exactly like I hid it

“I’m a mender Menders only help with animals”

“Sa”

“TrustYou could be on your last breath, and I wouldn’t be able to help you”

My eyes scanned the landscape ahead of us, alatching for unexpected cos, and the tracks in the snow made it easy to be followed

“So, if you need me to heal someone, I can’t”

“Not a person”

“An animal?” she asked “You have an animal for me to heal?”

“Yes”

“Is this a pet or so?”

“I’ll show you e get there”

“Okay… What’s with the secrecy?”

I held my silence

She released an irritated sigh “If it’s a yeti, count me out”

I cracked a slight smile

“So, you do have a sense of humor”

My sard her

“Alright…maybe not”

An hour later, we approached the peri the wall saw ates open so we could pass through The walls were twenty feet tall—so a yeti couldn’t climb over the top

Side by side, we entered, the gates swinging closed behind us