Zeke smoothed out his breathing by the skin of his teeth, but it didn’t help the anxiety subside all that much. “How do I get home, then?”
The hesitant frown on Haziel’s face didn’t inspire any confidence.3
That quiet contemplation descended again. Haziel seemed to be the kind of guy who didn’t give quick answers.
But the silence spun out too long and Zeke finally broke. “Please, Haziel, there has to be a way I can go home. I don’t belong here.”
Haziel drooped, wings and all. His gaze swung over to pierce Zeke through, dark forest green in the shadow of the tent. “I have to take you with me, regardless of the difficulty. We must make for Zion and perhaps the Divine will grant your prayer to send you back to your home.”
Zeke nodded, hopeful that Haziel had a plan, what little of it there was. Details weren’t important, because Haziel knew this place and he was just passing through. Maybe. That perhapswas a little light on confidence.