Crystal's Power

Sevir stared up at the high white walls, suddenly faced with the big question. What to do? Until this moment, he had told RuIng that he wanted to go in and told Bailong that his life was in danger closer to the Aliferous mountains. Planning was not his forte, but he had created a backup in RuIng, if he went in and a backup in Bailong.

Lady Hiwaga was specially weary of him, her eyes often closed and pupils flickered, and then opened to look at him across the expanse of their camp. Now that he had a rough understanding of how visions worked, he suspected she was seeing multiple futures and flickers based on his indecision.

“Feels like a cage. There was nowhere but one direction to go in. Up. If a beast can’t fly, their life in Aliferous is…” Bailong whispered beside him.