Reprisal

Richard was full of fresh energy as he walked out of the forest with Flowsand, no longer feeling like this plane was perpetually shrouded in grey. He thought back deeply on his relationship with her, finding that it was full of accidents and mistakes.

On the eve of returning to Norland… That wasn’t just a promise he had made, it was an agreement between the two. However, how was he to get to that step?

He kept thinking it over on the road, but couldn’t come to a clear conclusion. This was a problem even his gifted intellect couldn’t solve, so engaging even the broodmother’s messages didn’t come to his attention.

‘I’ve already captured the troggs. Two-thirds of the prey escaped.’ That was news from ten minutes ago.

‘I’m having the third batch of raptors continue to follow me, it will increase hunting efficiency.’ That was five minutes...