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Naked Empire :: Goodkind Terry
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Kahlan couldn't argue that much of it, but still, she couldn't reconcile such a notion. "Well, let's say it's like you think it is-that we spotted him spying on us, by accident. Why did the races then attack us?"
Dust rose from Richard's boot as he casually kicked a small stone. "I don't know. Maybe he was just angry that he'd given himself away."
"He was angry, so he had the races kill Betty's kids? And attack you?"
Richard shrugged. "I'm just guessing because you asked; I'm not saying I think it's so." The long feathers, bloodred at their base, turning to a dark gray and then to inky black at the tip, ruffled in the gusts of wind.
As he thought it over, his tone turned more speculative. "It could even be that whoever it was using the races to watch us had nothing at all to do with the attack. Maybe the races decided to attack on their own."
"They simply took the reins from whoever it was that was taking them for the ride?"
"Maybe. Maybe he can send them to us so he can have a peek at where we are, where we're going, but can't control them much more than that."
In frustration, Kahlan let out a sigh. "Richard," she said, unable to hold back her doubts, "I know a good deal about all sorts of magic and I've never heard of anything like this being possible."
Richard leaned close, again taking her in with those arresting gray eyes of his. "You know about all sorts of things magic from the Midlands.
Maybe down here they have something you never encountered before. After all, had you ever heard of a dream walker before we encountered Jagang? Or even thought such a thing was possible?"
Kahlan pulled her lower lip through her teeth as she studied his grim expression for a long moment. Richard hadn't grown up around magic-it was all new to him. In some ways, though, that was a strength, because he didn't have preconceived notions about what was possible and what wasn't.
Sometimes, the things they'd encountered were unprecedented.
To Richard, just about all magic was unprecedented.
"So, what do you think we should do?" she finally asked in a confidential tone.
"What we planned." He glanced over his shoulder to see Cara scouting a goodly distance off to their left side. "It has to be connected to the rest of it."
"Cara only meant to protect us."
"I know. And who knows, maybe it would have been worse if she hadn't touched it. It could even be that by doing what she did, she actually bought us time."
Kahlan swallowed at the feeling of dread churning in her.
Kahlan couldn't argue that much of it, but still, she couldn't reconcile such a notion. "Well, let's say it's like you think it is-that we spotted him spying on us, by accident. Why did the races then attack us?"
Dust rose from Richard's boot as he casually kicked a small stone. "I don't know. Maybe he was just angry that he'd given himself away."
"He was angry, so he had the races kill Betty's kids? And attack you?"
Richard shrugged. "I'm just guessing because you asked; I'm not saying I think it's so." The long feathers, bloodred at their base, turning to a dark gray and then to inky black at the tip, ruffled in the gusts of wind.
As he thought it over, his tone turned more speculative. "It could even be that whoever it was using the races to watch us had nothing at all to do with the attack. Maybe the races decided to attack on their own."
"They simply took the reins from whoever it was that was taking them for the ride?"
"Maybe. Maybe he can send them to us so he can have a peek at where we are, where we're going, but can't control them much more than that."
In frustration, Kahlan let out a sigh. "Richard," she said, unable to hold back her doubts, "I know a good deal about all sorts of magic and I've never heard of anything like this being possible."
Richard leaned close, again taking her in with those arresting gray eyes of his. "You know about all sorts of things magic from the Midlands.
Maybe down here they have something you never encountered before. After all, had you ever heard of a dream walker before we encountered Jagang? Or even thought such a thing was possible?"
Kahlan pulled her lower lip through her teeth as she studied his grim expression for a long moment. Richard hadn't grown up around magic-it was all new to him. In some ways, though, that was a strength, because he didn't have preconceived notions about what was possible and what wasn't.
Sometimes, the things they'd encountered were unprecedented.
To Richard, just about all magic was unprecedented.
"So, what do you think we should do?" she finally asked in a confidential tone.
"What we planned." He glanced over his shoulder to see Cara scouting a goodly distance off to their left side. "It has to be connected to the rest of it."
"Cara only meant to protect us."
"I know. And who knows, maybe it would have been worse if she hadn't touched it. It could even be that by doing what she did, she actually bought us time."
Kahlan swallowed at the feeling of dread churning in her.