Subject: Re: Cries in the night; a halflings tale

Something else bothered him about the boy's story. Something in the names he'd mentioned. Jurkurt. . . Kulick. . . Fayten. . .

Fayten.

"Rennick, wasn't Fayten the name of one of the halflings that ambushed us the first day out?" Mission whispers. "And you said he was. . . Logi," the halfling word feels strange on his tongue. "Like this boy."

Manut had only been wandering around the forest for a day. . . the woman Manut had seen in the cabin had to be Elise.

They were getting close to Elise-- and close to the black pillar. Close to his redemption.

Mission gulps a breath of air to calm himself. He falls silent.