Again I apologize for the wait. Have had a serious case of writer's block but I am back now and I have a pretty good idea of where this is going.
I pondered on Khamûl's behavior while I ate the small piece of bread I was given. Then it was up for that cursed horse again. I really started to hate riding. My bum was killing me and it was only two days!
Khamûl had his arm around me again. I tried to tell myself that it was only so that I wouldn't escape but it didn't feel like it. There was nothing forceful about the gesture, nothing hostile. The hold he had of me was almost gentle.
"Khamûl", I asked softly for the silence was starting to kill me, "Did you have a family? Before the whole ordeal with the rings I mean."
He tensed up from the question, his voice void of all emotion: "It does not matter. They have been gone for three thousand years"
"Yes, it does. They were your family Khamûl. You should not forget them."
"They are gone little girl. Leave it."
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