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smile. “ It’s weird.”  he said. Marana though trying understand how he felt, looked a bit confused. “Who was she?”

“A friend.”  Elled answered. “A good friend.” The little girl let loose of him and started to pack things up. “ What are you doing?”
“ Packing up. We have to go.” Elled smiled. This time he walked towards Marana and hugged her. “I wouldn’t know what to do without you girl.”  - “ You could start by stop calling me girl.”  she laughed.

It was a seven day travel towards the Finian Forest. In that forest is a tiny village, a village so small people hardly know it’s name. But Elled knew, Cadia. Lucky they where close, but stil, it would be a while.

Marana asked if they could go there faster. The hike would take a long time because they had to travel around a big river, crossing straight through it would cut off at least two or three days. Elled thought he knew a small fisherman's village at the the coast, who should be able to bring them to the other side.

When they finished packing, the left as soon as they could.

It was nearly dawn when little Marana woke up in Elled’s arms. IT seemed like he didn’ stop at all. He just kept walking and walking. As she looked at him, she smilled. His dark blue beard shiny in the sun. “ I’ll sleep on the boat.”  he explained. The little girl nodded.

“I also like to compliment your first capture. You preformed the ritual so well.” Marana shyly thanked him again. “But..”  Elled continued. “Did you take a bone to summon him?” There was a pause, Marana panicked. “No!’  she yelled. “I totally forgot. How can I be so stupid?”

Elled chuckled. Took out a bone from his pouch and gave it to her. “Here you go.” Marana felt relieved. Again she thanked him. “Think you can walk?” she nodded and was put down.

The pace was a bit off, Marana started to notice Elled lack of sleep, but he tried to keep up. Dashing through the forest he remembered her that they where getting close. It was only a few miles before they reached the Village.