5
WHEN WE CAME OUT of the meeting, the sunlight was turning golden and both suns hung low over the marshlands. In this part of the city, we were close enough to the markets that the air smelled of food.
Thayu said, “You know what? Let’s eat here.”
“Great idea.” All of a sudden, I felt tired. I didn’t want to go home to the problems that waited for me there: Xinanu’s sniping to the staff, Eirani’s complaining about it, Reida’s sullen appearance, Nicha’s apparent incapability of dealing with all of this.
“I’ll let Eirani know that we’re held up and don’t need dinner.”
I sent a message to the hub so that Devlin could let Eirani know.
We walked hand in hand along the main commercial street of Barresh. Market Street was a wide thoroughfare which held all the main administrative offices an
