Chapter 14.1

As we continue to walk across the desert sands, my mind begins to wander.

Finca, do I have somesort of power that forces other's backwards? I ask.

Finca thinks for a minute before answering my question.

Yes ,Tamli, you do. When did you discover it?

The night after I arrived in Alagaesia, I answer, thinking back to when Eragon's stick just flew into my hand and when I threw the two Ra'zac backwards into a tree before they ran off after poisoning Garrow.

What you witnessed on that day was your power of telekinesis, or the gift of moving things with your mind. You probably weren't thinking of Eragon's stick but your powers sensed that it needed to be moved and so it was sent to your hand by your subconscious mind, Finca answers.

How did you know that so fast?

I can see what you have faced in Alagaesia, master, and I must admit you have done well for losing your memories and learning to survive here, Finca replies as she catches up with me.

Heavy? She asks.

Yes, I grumble.

Finca chuckles as I continue to struggle with the weight of the two eggs.

Not much farther, she growls.

After a minute I ask her: Finca, what does Resa mean?

She stops and looks into my eyes directly.

You didn't.

I did.

You . . . That fire spell from your past shouldn't have come to you, Finca growls.

I got mad at the three Ra'zac and as such I cried out Resa. I didn't know what I was doing! I scream at her.

You fool, that spell could have got you killed! Finca screams as she jumps over my head.

I place the two eggs on the sand underneath me and draw my sword. Finca shrieks and a log appears in her mouth.

Ready? She asks.

"Yes," I reply and spring toward her.

She dodges my first strike but I twist my sword and it collides with her log. She growls and whips her head around, sending me onto my back in the sand and having my sword strike the ground and stay there.