Need to fight (2)

«I didn't say that,» the seer repeated.

She laughed, amused by Vera's expression. She had seen enough to know, and she was amused that someone as expressionless as the little girl she had met as a child would have such a great challenge ahead.

It was also funny how she was in the middle of a great storm but didn't even know it. Gamayun was right: she was as dense as the clouds passing over them.

She had been warned not to tell too many spoilers. Causing a heavenly bird's wrath was the last of her intentions, so she kept shut about why she wouldn't bear forever the bullying of those bastards.

«Oh, I've had a chat with Gamayun,» she said, then. «She stopped by on her way back.»

«The heavenly bird? Oh, yes. I also met with her. She told me that darkness is returning. Does it mean something is awakening? Is it dangerous? It must be if she's fought all over Europe to spread the message.»