Title- A Journey
Written by- wolf-sister
Chapter 3- Heat and Anger
Anything that comes from the Wheel of Time books is the property of Robert Jordan and anything that comes from my head is the property of me.
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It was a week after the pair had set off from their home on the banks of the River Haevin and the ten days had passed without much out of what they considered the ordinary. Sure there were more people in the mainly quiet area but they decided that of course more people would be encountered as they neared larger settlements.
Kitara had set a hard pace but one that would've been easier to maintain but the unholy heat had made the going tough and angers frayed.
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The sun still hadn't reached its peak but already the heat was getting to Phlex, he was mumbling something that Kitara couldn't quite make out.
*It's going to be a long day * she thought to herself and she envisioned a flower perfect in every detail to focus on instead of the unease she felt. She smiled slightly, the simple task succeeding in its purpose.
".shouldn't have left." Kitara heard Phlex whisper to himself.
The flower wilted.
"Nobody made you come, remember. You did of your own free will." She curtly said.
Phlex gave a visable start; he had thought himself quiet enough to evade notice. "I'm just worried for my family, I hope they have enough people to tend the crops."
Kitara gave a snort, "What crops? This damn heat means that there isn't enough to feed everyone so I am sure that you would have been at home in idleness anyway."
Phlex just fiddled with an arrow in his quiver.
"You know what? Go. I don't need you here, I am fully capable of looking after myself." As soon as the words were out of Kitara's mouth she wanted them back.
*It's the heat, it's melting my brains* she thought to herself casting a glance at her friend.
He just carried on fiddling with an arrow.
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*I'm glad we resolved that, it could've turned nasty* Kitara thought.
"We need horses," she decided out loud.
"Do you suppose we just steal them?" Phlex replied hoping it wouldn't come to that.
A grin plastered itself on Kitara's face. "Of course not," she said in mock shock, "We trade."
"With what?"
"Whatever we can. Be sensible and stop asking silly questions."
Phlex took a deep breath. *I will not let her get to me. I can't let her get to me.*
"There's a farmhouse up ahead, lets see if they will be willing to trade." Kitara commanded rather than suggested.
He gave a small laugh, "I hope it goes better than when you tried to sell Cris your honey cakes."
Kitara remembered and countered with a memory that had Phlex the one looking an idiot.
With the laughing and joking, relations between the two almost as they once were, they didn't notice a figure cloaked in shadow tailing them from a distance.
Written by- wolf-sister
Chapter 3- Heat and Anger
Anything that comes from the Wheel of Time books is the property of Robert Jordan and anything that comes from my head is the property of me.
~~~~~
It was a week after the pair had set off from their home on the banks of the River Haevin and the ten days had passed without much out of what they considered the ordinary. Sure there were more people in the mainly quiet area but they decided that of course more people would be encountered as they neared larger settlements.
Kitara had set a hard pace but one that would've been easier to maintain but the unholy heat had made the going tough and angers frayed.
~~~~~
The sun still hadn't reached its peak but already the heat was getting to Phlex, he was mumbling something that Kitara couldn't quite make out.
*It's going to be a long day * she thought to herself and she envisioned a flower perfect in every detail to focus on instead of the unease she felt. She smiled slightly, the simple task succeeding in its purpose.
".shouldn't have left." Kitara heard Phlex whisper to himself.
The flower wilted.
"Nobody made you come, remember. You did of your own free will." She curtly said.
Phlex gave a visable start; he had thought himself quiet enough to evade notice. "I'm just worried for my family, I hope they have enough people to tend the crops."
Kitara gave a snort, "What crops? This damn heat means that there isn't enough to feed everyone so I am sure that you would have been at home in idleness anyway."
Phlex just fiddled with an arrow in his quiver.
"You know what? Go. I don't need you here, I am fully capable of looking after myself." As soon as the words were out of Kitara's mouth she wanted them back.
*It's the heat, it's melting my brains* she thought to herself casting a glance at her friend.
He just carried on fiddling with an arrow.
~~~~~
*I'm glad we resolved that, it could've turned nasty* Kitara thought.
"We need horses," she decided out loud.
"Do you suppose we just steal them?" Phlex replied hoping it wouldn't come to that.
A grin plastered itself on Kitara's face. "Of course not," she said in mock shock, "We trade."
"With what?"
"Whatever we can. Be sensible and stop asking silly questions."
Phlex took a deep breath. *I will not let her get to me. I can't let her get to me.*
"There's a farmhouse up ahead, lets see if they will be willing to trade." Kitara commanded rather than suggested.
He gave a small laugh, "I hope it goes better than when you tried to sell Cris your honey cakes."
Kitara remembered and countered with a memory that had Phlex the one looking an idiot.
With the laughing and joking, relations between the two almost as they once were, they didn't notice a figure cloaked in shadow tailing them from a distance.
