"This is true," I said."This is true," I said. "But the Hall herself asked me to be your guide, and I took the job." I leapt easily from the rock to the forest floor, landing a good distance from her. "What do you mean, 'The Hall asked you?'" "Just that," I said. "The Hall told me that someone needed a guide, and I was to be it." "You didn't know who I was, or anything like that?" "Nope." "Then... " She paused. "Oh, fuck it," she said, standing. "Tell me," I said while I stooped to hand her pack to her, "What are you doing here?" I noted that she had already acquired a staff for walking, and we began walking in the direction of the ominous black Great Hall. |