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GAVELSCORE
My first taste of coffee in more than a month was a heaven that belied the
supposed hell we had managed to find ourselves in. At least my mouth
believed it was coffee. It looked, smelled, and tasted like coffee, with a dark
roast that was slightly sweet.
“Gavelscore is the name of the nearest city,” Xen informed us once we had
been left alone in the small kitchen. Edda had gone back out the door we had
come through and Aldrich had disappeared up some stairs.
“This is going to complicate our finding the way back to Vaneesh,” Daria
added, her eyes skipping around the room and coming back to us. “We can’t
just go around asking people how to find the portal.”
“Our best bet is still to head to town,” Xen said. “I could not turn down the
hospitality once it was offered. Not without offending them, and Edda
looked fairly offended to start with.”
“What did you tell them?” Daria asked quietly.
“That we were travelers who had been robbed on our way to the city,” Xen
replied. “Once I heard them speak, I knew where we were. Their speech is
distinctive. One of their minor deities is the Faceless Stranger, who
commands that those who honor him extend hospitality to all.”
“Amblin isn’t the only one you’ve met from here, is he?” Daria asked,
turning to her food.
“No,” Xen replied. “When my birthmates and I were young, one of the
caretakers was a woman from a town on this world. She told us many
stories.”
“I really need to stop going places where people want me dead.” My magic
hangover was starting to ease up with the liberal application of food and
coffee. I wasn’t going to be up to casting any time soon, but at least I didn’t
feel like my head was going to implode.
Aldrich reappeared then, clad in a dark blue dress, with a wide skirt covered
in an apron, his long brown hair plaited and styled in circles around his head.
He smiled broadly at us as he refilled our coffee. He asked a question, which
I caught about one-third of, and Xen wiped their face on a napkin before
responding.
He was moving around the kitchen as they spoke. Daria and I ate quietly, not
entirely sure what we were meant to be doing. “Yes, andyttan,” Xen said,
rising from the table. They started helping Aldrich clear our plates, giving
me a look when I began to do the same. I sank back into my chair and
finished the coffee in my cup instead.
Once the kitchen was tidied, Aldrich handed Xen a basket filled with
leftover sausages and bread, then walked us to the door. Edda reigned in the
two beasts pulling a wagon, like something out of Little House on the
Prairie, if Pa Ingalls had horses that looked like overly large greyhounds.
She grunted and jerked her head toward the bed of the wagon behind her.
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