He had a few moments to compose himself before the others reappeared, and the relief in his expression was unmasked as they stepped out unharmed from the book. Questions and answers, information and guesses, so much to ask and so little time. What mattered most was that Amalia wasn't with them, however, and he nodded at Deimos's question. It was the Greatwood again. The Spire. The thousand and one things that lay between them in the past, that might again in the future. But she had chosen her path, and he had chosen his, and they all had to trust each other now.
"Behind the waterfall," Jigano called, already shedding bag and books to return to feathers. I don't know how long we were in there. It might have only been seconds or minutes. Follow me and I'll lead you to where she went. His heart had broken in that leaving, and it still ached painfully, throbbing with the wound of that decision, but now they were back and all of them - well, except Zuriel, perhaps - could rejoin the baker.
If she hadn't become lost as well.
Flapping up and waiting only for Deimos and Kiada to put their feathers on, he led the way back, closing his wings and hurtling his slender raven's body behind the cascade to where he had last seen Amalia.
Jigano turns into a raven and leads the way back behind the waterfall to the last place he saw Amalia!
"Behind the waterfall," Jigano called, already shedding bag and books to return to feathers. I don't know how long we were in there. It might have only been seconds or minutes. Follow me and I'll lead you to where she went. His heart had broken in that leaving, and it still ached painfully, throbbing with the wound of that decision, but now they were back and all of them - well, except Zuriel, perhaps - could rejoin the baker.
If she hadn't become lost as well.
Flapping up and waiting only for Deimos and Kiada to put their feathers on, he led the way back, closing his wings and hurtling his slender raven's body behind the cascade to where he had last seen Amalia.
Jigano turns into a raven and leads the way back behind the waterfall to the last place he saw Amalia!
