JК
Naked Empire :: Goodkind Terry
Страница: 44 из 495"
"Even if some of it is different, I still think its cause is the gift,"
he said. "One thing they do have in common with the last time is that they're gradually getting worse."
"What do you want to do?"
He lifted his arms out to the sides and let them fall back. "For now, we don't have much of a choice-we have to do what we planned."
"We could go to Zedd. If it is the gift, as you think, then Zedd would know what to do. He could help you."
"Kahlan, do you honestly believe that we have any chance in Creation of making it all the way to Aydindril in time? Even if it weren't for the rest of it, if the headaches are from the gift, I'd be dead weeks before we could travel all the way to Aydindril. And that's not even taking into account how difficult it's bound to be getting past Jagang's army all throughout the Midlands and especially the troops around Ay-dindril."
"Maybe he's not there now."
Richard kicked at another stone in the path. "You think Jagang is just going to leave the Wizard's Keep and all it contains-leave it all for us to use against him?"
Zedd was First Wizard. For someone of his ability, defending the Wizard's Keep wouldn't be too difficult. He also had Adie there with him to help. The old sorceress, alone, could probably defend a place such as the Keep. Zedd knew what the Keep would mean to Jagang, could he gain it. Zedd would protect the Keep no matter what.
"There's no way for Jagang to get past the barriers in that place,"
Kahlan said. That much of it was one worry they could set aside. "Jagang knows that and might not waste time holding an army there for nothing."
"You may be right, but that still doesn't do us any good-it's too far."
Too far. Kahlan seized Richard's arm and dragged him to a halt. "The sliph. If we can find one of her wells, we could travel in the sliph. If nothing else, we know there's the well down here in the Old World- in Tanimura. Even that's a lot closer than a journey overland all the way to Aydindril."
Richard looked north. "That might work. We wouldn't have to make it past Jagang's army. We could come right up inside the Keep." He put his arm around her shoulders. "First, though, we have to see to this other business."
Kahlan grinned. "All right. We take care of me first, then we see to taking care of you."
She felt a heady sense of relief that there was a solution at hand. The rest of them couldn't travel in the sliph-they didn't have the required magic-but Richard, Kahlan, and Cara certainly could.
"Even if some of it is different, I still think its cause is the gift,"
he said. "One thing they do have in common with the last time is that they're gradually getting worse."
"What do you want to do?"
He lifted his arms out to the sides and let them fall back. "For now, we don't have much of a choice-we have to do what we planned."
"We could go to Zedd. If it is the gift, as you think, then Zedd would know what to do. He could help you."
"Kahlan, do you honestly believe that we have any chance in Creation of making it all the way to Aydindril in time? Even if it weren't for the rest of it, if the headaches are from the gift, I'd be dead weeks before we could travel all the way to Aydindril. And that's not even taking into account how difficult it's bound to be getting past Jagang's army all throughout the Midlands and especially the troops around Ay-dindril."
"Maybe he's not there now."
Richard kicked at another stone in the path. "You think Jagang is just going to leave the Wizard's Keep and all it contains-leave it all for us to use against him?"
Zedd was First Wizard. For someone of his ability, defending the Wizard's Keep wouldn't be too difficult. He also had Adie there with him to help. The old sorceress, alone, could probably defend a place such as the Keep. Zedd knew what the Keep would mean to Jagang, could he gain it. Zedd would protect the Keep no matter what.
"There's no way for Jagang to get past the barriers in that place,"
Kahlan said. That much of it was one worry they could set aside. "Jagang knows that and might not waste time holding an army there for nothing."
"You may be right, but that still doesn't do us any good-it's too far."
Too far. Kahlan seized Richard's arm and dragged him to a halt. "The sliph. If we can find one of her wells, we could travel in the sliph. If nothing else, we know there's the well down here in the Old World- in Tanimura. Even that's a lot closer than a journey overland all the way to Aydindril."
Richard looked north. "That might work. We wouldn't have to make it past Jagang's army. We could come right up inside the Keep." He put his arm around her shoulders. "First, though, we have to see to this other business."
Kahlan grinned. "All right. We take care of me first, then we see to taking care of you."
She felt a heady sense of relief that there was a solution at hand. The rest of them couldn't travel in the sliph-they didn't have the required magic-but Richard, Kahlan, and Cara certainly could.