https://i.imgur.com/TZFDaPS.png Thomas did not miss the boy's hesitation, his stipulations. He was unsure if he was up to the ask, and talking it through. On balance, this was good. A foolhardy apprentice who said yes without thinking it through would have been shown the boot immediately. This one ...

https://i.imgur.com/TZFDaPS.png Thomas was awake the instant Velx stepped into the wagon. Years of sleeping in it alone on the road meant that the slightest change in air pressure or light washed over his senses, and the alarming presence of a stranger in the wagon signaled him to wake up and lie s...

https://i.imgur.com/TZFDaPS.png Thomas looked through the texts carefully. He did not speak any Silvain, so had no sense whatsoever with Arnos' skill with translation. The words didn't matter to him, in any case. While he rather enjoyed reading, that wasn't what he was here for. He needed someone w...

https://i.imgur.com/TZFDaPS.png Despite himself, he grinned at the reveal that her mount was simply called Horse. It was straight and to the point. His animals were a motley crew of two, Stubborn the Mule and a brown mare whose owners had insisted she should be bound for the glue factory. She'd per...

https://i.imgur.com/TZFDaPS.png Once he recovered from his initial surprise about the workshop's new occupant, Thomas was able to put aside his own feelings about non-humans quite easily. For one thing, they were not as strong as they'd been when he was a kid. A life in the slums of Grisic had show...

https://i.imgur.com/TZFDaPS.png Sheorlund hadn't changed much, but the towns in Radenor never did. The alehouse that Thomas had parked his wagon next to last time was gone, a burnt out husk in its place suggesting that it had succumbed to a fire. He asked around and was directed to a more modest ta...

https://i.imgur.com/TZFDaPS.png "I've been traveling from dawn to mid-day and then from late afternoon to dusk," he replied. "In a desert, you shouldn't be moving during the hottest part of the day, and wandering around in the dark is a great way to get ambushed by local wildlife, or worse." He tri...

https://i.imgur.com/TZFDaPS.png Continued from Carry On or Carrion His traveling companion seemed to come alive when she saw what he'd been using as a map. Her enthusiasm washed over him and made him smile in turn. It was rare to see someone so taken by something, so unguarded. It made him feel at ...

https://i.imgur.com/TZFDaPS.png 22 Ash 4619 The four kingdoms of Radenor were full of wonder and splendor, but Thomas had never really enjoyed traveling through any of them. Originally hailing from Grisic, he couldn't help but feel that the good citizens of the four kingdoms were hopelessly behind ...

https://i.imgur.com/TZFDaPS.png "Nice to be acquainted, Velx," He replied, before letting her go on to her broader point. Half of the point of meeting people on the road was to listen. "I expect they have plenty of Bad in them, as it were," he said darkly. He hadn't seen much on the road, but he ha...