The Guided Journey (The Inner Seas Kingdoms Book 6) by Jeffrey Quyle

Author:Jeffrey Quyle [Quyle, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ingenairii Press, LLC
Published: 2014-08-08T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20 – Battle with the Miners

Two weeks later the trio was following the river valley still, as the river grew wider, deeper, and more established. They had maneuvered around cataracts and waterfalls, and continued to make progress in a westerly direction. Kestrel and Putty had envied Hampus, who had not hesitated to run elven-style atop the water though several difficult sections of the river, while Kestrel had loyally accompanied Putty in climbing around, over, and down the cliffs and obstacles that littered the unpopulated valley.

They were approaching the end of the emptiness. Kestrel estimated that within a day they would reach the region where he had first encountered settlers when he had passed through the mountains on his last journey to the Northern Forest. He worried about the reception that Putty would receive, and how he would protect the growing adolescent monster from attacks by frightened humans and elves.

He had grown fond of the yeti during their travels. Putty had been curious and eager to please all throughout the journey. Kestrel attributed the inexplicable friendliness to the use of his powers when he had bonded the two of them together. It was unnatural for a yeti to be friendly, but it was the fact that he faced. It was probably just as unnatural for an elf to be friendly towards a yeti, he realized, and grinned.

Putty was ready to take directions from Kestrel, especially direction related to hygiene and personal space, which Kestrel emphasized. Even he was uncomfortable when he awoke and found the furry arms of the monster wrapped around him. He had talked to Putty, and she had listened attentively. He wasn’t sure the words mattered, but the demonstrations and physical redirecting of actions were attended to.

Hampus was cordial enough towards Putty, and the relationship was mutual, which was all that Kestrel asked.

Hampus was growing less obnoxious in Kestrel’s eyes as well. While Elder Miskel may have intended for the arduous trip to drive the princess’s suitor to quit the journey, and thereby lose status as a hero, Kestrel had been surprised to see that it had produced different results. Eventually, primarily after the battle with Putty’s mother and the adoption of the yeti as a companion, Hampus had stopped whining. Then he had begun to actually be productive, occasionally hunting for the food they ate along the way to extend their dwindling supply of dried travel foods.

So now, Kestrel felt confident that they would face no more serious problems than convincing people and elves to accept Putty’s presence among them when they returned to civilization.

The river turned in a great bend, changing its flow from westerly to northerly, a signal to Kestrel that they were relatively close to settlers, and only a couple of days away from their arrival at Narrow Bay, the human city they would transit through to take a ferry to North Harbor, and then to go on to the North Forest.

As he and Putienne, moved around the outside of the bend, Hampus glided atop the river waters on the inside of the river’s wide turn.

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