Everyone fighting.
Renn has freed our hands, and worked out a deal (supposedly) wherein his "employer" will give us safe passage back across the ocean... in return for the last piece of the ruby. Fine by me, but unfortunately not for Jovvi or Jaer (AKA lizard-elf-thing, who has now miraculously re-appeared). This would be bad enough, but Renn and Tavis are also fighting. Nothing unusual there, at least.
And Tillyr is still being held separately from the rest of us. Renn and I went to see her, and she's perfectly happy and comfortable (and happily tormenting some poor human guard with questions). The man in charge here said that his master needed just a few drops of her blood. Renn says we can trust him because he can't lie. I pointed out that his master might have lied to him, but Renn and I decided not to share these thoughts with the others, considering the state the group is already in. I hope we've made the right decision in that.
It's true that Renn has lied to us a few times, but my instincts tell me to trust him now, and where would I be without those? So I'm stuck. Hopefully Jovvi will give up her pride and hand the thing over peacefully, and we can end all of this. I'm eager to put all of this behind me... and return to the seemingly interminable quest to usher Tillyr around the world. Riordan will have to give in then, won't he, if I'm successful? And Caolte will have waited, certainly, and we shall be happy together when all of this is finished.
These things that once were the basis of my every dream... why is it that suddenly they seem so pale and uncertain?
Posted by niamh_nightwind at March 30, 2003 12:42 PM