Six Knives

Tomjohn and the strange surgeon dropped Ted off once he had recovered. Aja Vana was enjoying a surge of merchant activity; it was the time of the harvesting of tobacco and this accelerated the movement of wealth greatly. The high cor said his goodbyes to Zerielle without any ceremonial formalities. She was annoying and he was not. He had a mission, while she had brushes and paint that would kill her after enough years of licking said brushes. All painters were like that, because they all believed that there were things larger and greater than life itself. There was no reason to be irritated over this; Zerielle was a part of Ted's past now. He was glad to set his foot on the island that had once put kings and queens kneeling in front of outlaws.