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Chapter 51: Camp and the Boar
CAMP
At dawn, I looked around the camp. A thin layer of mist appeared throughout the valley. The monk got up. He looked in every direction. It was time to go.
“It’s time,” he said after a break. His eyes looked at the top of the mountain.
“Going my way?” I asked.
“No.”
“Then, this is goodbye.”
“Not all goodbyes are sad.”
“True.”
“Where are you going?”
“East,” I replied, mounting my horse.
“Why east?”
“There is always work for me there.”
“Planning to start a new life?”
“Yes. We will meet, again.”
“All roads lead east.”
“True,” I spurred the horse onward. The horse went slowly, at first, like he had some dignity. The horse held his head high. We continued, that way, until we disappeared behind a hill. The horse with ease changed speed.
We went through the forest like a shadow. With that speed, we could only be seen like such. One oak fel
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