As they walked the streets they got even more strange looks than Fire had gotten when he was traveling alone. It was understandable though, the people were used to humanoid creatures with vastly different looks. Abnormal humans like Shadow were still a rarity, although some of the looks were definitely not ones of distrust or aversion, the opposite was the case. Shadow turned to Fire and smirked, confirming his observations.
At random they approached a woman. Fire asked: "I have heard rumors about a prophet, do you happen to know where he is?"
The woman was a bit surprised by being asked something like this by someone like Fire but then she answered: "Yes, he preaches on a tall hill to the east of here, I've been there a couple of times myself. Most of what he says is nonsense but occasionally there are things he foresees that actually happen how he said, if you interpret them a bit more loosely."
Fire thanked her and then continued moving.
Shadow asked: "Where exactly is 'east' in Nexus?"
Fire pointed. "That way. The cardinal directions are based off the Tower's four main wings. They become more useless the further you move away from it since less and less people know about them. I think I have actually seen that hill on the map the Ender showed me, it should be a few hours away from here, assuming we would travel at normal human speed, I think we'll get there a bit faster."
"Let's go there then."
They took the quickest way out of the masses of the town they could find, then turned east. A lot of the way would be plains but the hill itself was surrounded by a dark oak forest. Fire could tell that Shadow was quite excited about the entire situation, he would be too if he hadn't been at the negotiations personally. The Entity's presence alone was imposing, it clearly was nothing to be easily messed with. He was worried about the implications of what he had found out so far about the Entity's expansion plans. He'd have to find out more sooner or later, the prophet was a first step in that direction.