The dizzying sight of miles and miles of growing green and gold made Garth feel small, but also secure, as if he knew he were inside something safe and protective.The dizzying sight of miles and miles of growing green and gold made Garth feel small, but also secure, as if he knew he were inside something safe and protective. It was a familiar feeling he had been having for most of his trip. As they re-entered the house, Kiza looked around. "You know, I think it's time we moved on. Come on, I'll get the horses and we'll go find Parynn." "Who?" "Local Centaur boy. Lives a few miles away. In fact... Sine?" "Geez, Kiza, I was wondering if you were ever going to even say Hello to me." "Sorry, Sine. Can you call Parynn and tell him to blip over here? We're going to want his company back to the SDisk." "I did that two minutes ago," the voice from nowhere said. Garth realized she was addressing a local AI, and wondered if this place had a Castle associated with it. He asked. "Sort of," Kiza answered. "Piot's place is sometimes called the Castle of Dragons, and Sine is stored in the basement somewhere. If there's a point of authority in the Loa'imlad, he's it. Speaking of which, there's the painting I wanted to show you." It was a rather complicated picture, Garth realized. It showed the front of Kiza's house, just as he had seen it when they had walked around outside. There were several people in the picture he didn't recognize, but he knew the three short Martens must have been Naiza, Kiza, and How. He asked about the others, and Kiza recited the names of the people in the painting. "That's Parynn. The big human in the back with the wrench and all the muscles is Piot." "Does he really look like that, or does he just paint himself that way?" "In reality?" Kiza asked. |