Bk 2: Chapter two (10)

"What do you mean by this?" she asked Lucy.

"Walter is going away for quite a while; did he tell you where?"

"No."

"Well, that is understandable. He does not understand it much himself. He is going far away. You may not get to see him for quite a while; in fact, years. I suppose no one has told you much about where we are." Lucy started to stroll away and Helen followed.

"No."

"The light realm. He is making his way to the dark core at the centre of the light realm. Time there is...well, it's faster than back home. Yet, people there age much slower, something called cultivation. It makes no sense at all. It never has. Walter will be gone for at least two years in our calculation. But for him, he will be away for quite a few hundred years I suspect. Do you think he will remember who you are, Lady Steinhouse?" Lucy said and Helen felt her anger rise.

"You may have been useful back in Thriergor, but you are not anymore." Lucy said.

"So you wish to be rid of me?"