"So, lioness and cat?" Abdul asked puzzled after he had heard Ardeth's description of his dreams. He had decided to tell everything to the council in case something could help them. Well not everything. He left the hugging bit out. It made him feel awkward and after all it was useless. Now he looked around in the tent. Nobody in there doubted his words. They knew he was a responsible man and all of them believed in dreams. " I am the star of morning and dawn. . . I am the lady of the two lands. . ." Murmured Rafic. "This sounds like the description of a pharaoh to me." Abdul waved his hand in an "it doesn't matter" gesture. "So what? The strangest thing is that a woman appeared in a dream claiming to be one of us and apparently the solution to this riddle. But how can we use the information she gave us? How can a long dead person - if she ever existed- help us solve our problem?"
"I have an idea." Faris suddenly exclaimed "Ardeth said that in the first dream he saw a tomb. Maybe the solution is there. Maybe the tomb has information or something and this is the direction she is trying to point out." Many faces in the council lightened. "Yes that could be something." Rafic said thoughtfully. "But can you locate it Ardeth?" Ardeth frowned for a while. "Yes, I think I can. I have located the general area and it has some very clear signs. The place is west." Abdul however still had his doubts. "And what if the place doesn't exist? What if the dream was symbolic?" "Then we will know that we tried at least to fulfill our duty." Ardeth said to him without any irritation. Abdul bowed his head a little and showed no more objections.
Ardeth mounted his horse and looked at the setting sun. this was the direction he would go towards. He was starting in the night because it would be cooler, easier to travel and there wouldn't be any danger of reflections. He felt a hand grabbing the reins and turned to see Rafic and Faris. "Farewell Ardeth. And don't forget that now the fate of this world is in your hands. We all depend on you." Rafic said. "Yes. And please try to come back alive." Faris continued. Ardeth nodded at both of them. "I will surely try to survive and not to let you down. But I can promise nothing. Goodbye my friends." Ardeth turned his horse towards the direction of the sun and urged it to a trot. Time was passing and now he could feel the burden that fell on him really heavy. He couldn't afford to let them down, no matter the cost.