Chapter Thirteen
THAYU AND EMI WENT HOME not much later. Thayu told me quietly that she was tired of these people and wanted to get out. Emi was grumpy, squirming in Thayu’s arms, and not even the chain with the keys would amuse her.
I said goodbye to her near the door, with the hubbub of talk drifting from the hall behind me. “I’m tired of these people, too, but I better see a few more councillors lest they think I’m ignoring them.”
“Good luck.” She smiled.
I watched her leave through the dark tree-lined path, wishing I could go with her.
I found the councillors and made some polite conversation about the weather. For a number of them, this was a rare trip to the gamra island, and they commented on the modern buildings and the fact that the island didn’t look like it was part of Barr
