“Those don’t go up the Virtaengi—it’s not reliably deep enough for much of the year, though it’s free of rapids most of the way. The far upper waters of the Lodentaf and all of the Virtaengi still use boats like these for travel and freight.”
When he moved into the light, Penrys glanced at his footwear. He noticed and laughed. “Thinking I must be a taunnup? Won’t see many of them in here. Either they don’t read much, or they already know all this. Or they just don’t care.” He waved his hand to take in all of his books.
“Where do they go when they come downriver?”
“There are districts they favor, near the docks. D’ya know where they are?”
When she shook her head, he gave her directions to specific parts of the south side, not far from the water. A number of merchants were established th
