Chapter 16: The Ternants
Fenn
It was cold when Fenn woke in the morning. It seemed a different kind of weather here than they were used to. In the unmarried quarters of the Underhalls where the single hunters slept, the atmosphere was sometimes humid and warm, as opposed to the dry, sunless heat of the Outlands themselves.
Here it could be cold and damp one minute, and hot sunshine the next. The sun was warm enough to bask in but not so warm it would hurt you. And then there would be a cool breeze that balanced the heat. Nothing like the blazing-to-freezing patterns and a constantly overcast sky Fenn was used to.
They uncurled stiff limbs from behind the focus-stone, after a brief while lying there, checking with both hearing and kias that they were still alone.
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