Chapter 44

“Silarude name. What your?” said the wrinkled creature.

    “My . . . name . . . is Diliani,” said the kirin in Ruvon, hoping she was answering the question being asked, encouraged she could apparently talk with the beings. “My home . . . is very far. I am on a long journey with companions. They are in the Shillitoe kirins’ cave.” She paused. I hope my friends are there. “I wish to go there, but I don’t know where it is. I have been lost in these tunnels in the dark. It’s important I go as soon as possible. Can you help me?”

    Shading its face from the kirin’s meager flame, the old one looked at her with eyes barely open. They were huge, many times the si...

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