Quest for the White Wind by Black Alan

Author:Black, Alan [Black, Alan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2016-07-04T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Tanden asked in surprise,“What? You found water where?”

Tuller rolled his eyes, an expression of exasperation apparent even in the dim light, “What do you mean where? Where could I have gone? You’ve been hanging around Gadon too long. That question is so stupid I would expect it from him.” Tuller paused briefly. He cupped his hand to his ear, and said, “No, I guess he didn’t hear that one.”

Tanden prompted, “Water? Remember? Or am I going to have to throttle you to find out what you’re babbling about?”

Tuller said, “When I stepped around this corner, I thought I would see how far I could walk into this cave before there wasn’t any light. I moved slowly on my knees, with my left hand along the side. Once I had gone where I couldn’t see the light, I thought I could go farther if I kept my hand along the side. Then, it looked brighter ahead. It was like the light was drawing me forward. I thought I’d gotten turned around and crawled in circles. Tanden, I hadn’t gone backward. There was a crack above in the cave letting light leak into a small cave. There, in the light, was a spring, with cold, clear water bubbling up from the ground. It formed a little pool and flowed off through a tunnel back into the hill. Clean water truly more delightful than any wine I’ve ever tasted.”

Tanden asked, “Can you take us there and find your way back again? I don’t want us lost forever wandering around in the dark.”

Tuller said, “I’m ashamed to say I became so excited that I did get turned around. I thought to follow the tunnel back using my left hand on the wall.”

Seenger, having heard, came back. He crouched down next to them and said, “So?”

Tuller explained, “When I went into the cave I had my left hand on that wall.” He reached out and patted the wall at his back. “But when I turned around, I followed with my left hand on this wall.” He turned around and demonstrated what he meant patting the opposite wall.

Tuller continued, “Switching walls was foolish of me. We follow the left hand in and follow the right hand out. Tanden, there’s enough water for all of us. I think the Coodhars outside will have a long wait for us. Better yet, we take everything with us and we move back to the pool. When they get tired of waiting for us, they may sneak down to look into the cave. They’ll find us gone like we disappeared. I’ve heard the Coodhar are as superstitious as the Hummdhar. I don’t believe they’ll follow us into the dark for fear of Gadon’s trolls or worse. They may believe that one of us is a wizard and he’s transported us out of their reach. Once they see we’re gone, they may leave, and we can escape.”

Tanden felt I-Sheera squeeze his hands. He realized he still held her hands in his.

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