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The voice in my mind roused me from a deep sleep.
What? Who? My mind started to work slowly. Oh, yeah. That was me. That was my name now.
I was only half conscious and wondered if I was dreaming. Who was calling me?
That woke me up, once I’d realised it was Darion calling me and not a dream. It all came rushing back to me. All the things that had happened. And he’d kept his word.
I managed to send back. My worries about not being able to connect with him again had all been for nothing. Thankfully.
It was still night and there was no moon – but that didn’t bother me. I could see all the sleepers lying around on the ground by the dying embers of the fire – even the Beast-man on watch. He was asleep too. That made me feel nervous. The fire was there to keep the predators away, wasn’
