Chapter 15 After pressing a letter into the hands of the old woman and begging her to pass it along to the next traveler who passed by, she set off. Riding was hard, harder than she remembered, and for a while she was convinced that she had made a terrible mistake. Though she was happy to get off of her aching feet, the saddle hurt worse, and the constant jolts and shakes gave her a headache. She was quickly tired of tugging her reluctant transportation in the direction she wanted to go, and sat in frustration as he would occasionally decide to stop and graze. But perhaps worst was the exposure. For someone who had spent a life flitting unseen across the landscape, to be moving around through unfamiliar territory sitting five feet up was discomfiting.
Chapter Fifteen and Sixteen
Chapter Fifteen and Sixteen
Chapter Fifteen and Sixteen
Chapter 15 After pressing a letter into the hands of the old woman and begging her to pass it along to the next traveler who passed by, she set off. Riding was hard, harder than she remembered, and for a while she was convinced that she had made a terrible mistake. Though she was happy to get off of her aching feet, the saddle hurt worse, and the constant jolts and shakes gave her a headache. She was quickly tired of tugging her reluctant transportation in the direction she wanted to go, and sat in frustration as he would occasionally decide to stop and graze. But perhaps worst was the exposure. For someone who had spent a life flitting unseen across the landscape, to be moving around through unfamiliar territory sitting five feet up was discomfiting.