He reached them and noticed that what it looked like a mercenary detachment glued to them on the road, everybody looking like beggars, with ragged and dirty clothes, with unwashed hair and skinny horses, people who would not have attracted the attention of a stranger, but this crowd seemed a bit organized anyway and although they all looked tired and careless and even stupid, Sei surprised them by looking and understanding only by sight.
Sei did not like that a bit. They were too close to Iris, and she did not see what he saw, these people were after something together. Was she in danger?
Sei was amazed at how compliant her people were, how they trusted her so much that without any comment or other confirmation question, they simply followed her wherever she went. They never asked anoth
