All were still tired and they were then asleep for much of the night, though frequently one was awake, and then another, and another, through that night though they fell asleep again soon after. The sun was already coming up when the early risers woke up first.
After eating more that they had...
As the group rested, eating from the small reserve they carried for that, and most falling asleep soon afterward, Deseradar asked Finarelem and Solima to show their feet to him and others still awake then. The two were not shy about it and each held their feet up. The sores from the sandals they...
All felt fatigued enough that they fell asleep very quickly after stopping at that tree, and none awoke until a little before the sun was going down. No animals other than the small pollinators had been seen around this country yet. Those waking up first awoke the others, and then wood for...
Like any creek this one meandered not going in any consistently straight direction. They had come pretty near to the edge of that broad forest of mostly pine, and this fast flowing creek went basically west and not turning back, it drew just a little near the forest as the wandering group...
The cycle of sleep was uneven still, then, and for several days afterward, so there was need of sleep during the daytime and still sleep at night too. When the next morning had come, and they continued on from that one tree where they had rested at with their blankets, and came to one more fast...
The air of the region was dry and at midday it was very warm, so that the small structures for a few to sleep in any one of those, which was just enough for their need. The cycle of sleep was off, so though they needed more sleep most did not really fall asleep until it was later. It was well...
The first to wake again after all slept long through that day, Rigoted and Tenaspir, saw the sun was low to the west. They woke others and ate from berries and what remained of the nuts and things they carried. Soon all the others were awake, and they went out along the creek together to gather...
There were stones around useful for a base to walls that they found around the creek when they reached but there were only shrubs anywhere nearby, and they did not get wood as long as they wanted, for adding support. They used plenty of leaves still, mixed in with muddy earth around there, and...
While the sun came up again, and all were thinking of coming to a place where they could stop, eat a little from their rations, and sleep enough after all that walking through the night, they could see some small difference in the area through which they currently went. The ground was a...
The group from Ariya went far while the gibbous moon was shining above the horizon, and they saw the land beyond this dry waste seem closer as they continued. But at length it set, before the country ahead was very close, and there was no other stone like what had been of good use to them...
There was still need for the group to wake up as the shadow of the stone moved to avoid where it was getting much warmer, and they only had so much water to carry with them across this dry country. They then slept further, and when one, Alverten, woke up first, it was already late, as the sun...
Some there had memorable dreams, that they soon told others of these wanderers. Hillariah had understanding from what she dreamed that they would reach greener country ahead where they would find many wildflowers growing in a wide grassland and further on find a line of a pine forest. They all...
The sun was climbing higher, yet it would pass slightly on one side of that large stone, and it was later in the morning, when it was noticeably dry and very warm. Jecharon said, "We see how the shadow will move around this great stone. It would be good for us to dig deep on the shaded side and...
Deseradar said, "This is the sort of thing for shelter that we would be looking for. I think there will be enough shade from the sun through the day to keep us from the heat from it and feeling drier. We will then just need to move with the shade while we rest and catch up with some needed...
The group still continued on trying to be sure to go straight forward. In the dimness with just the starlight now, they finally were seeing an object further ahead, they they agreed was one of the stones seen in the distance earlier. It was not seen to be large this way, but it was still ahead...
It was getting dimmer as the group of fugitives went on yet further beyond that creek, and obstacles like small shrubs separated widely from each other, and some of the larger of small rocks, which they all watched for, became much less frequent as they went on, before it was much darker. There...
It was getting dimmer as the group of fugitives went on yet further beyond that creek, and obstacles like small shrubs separated widely from each other, and some of the larger of small rocks, which they all watched for, became much less frequent as they went on, before it was much darker. There...
The small flowing creek had to be from a few small springs along that mountain range near the base. Creek vegetation such as lycopods and small ulval green algae grew all along it, and the small pine trees near it, where the mountain had shade over much of it a lot of the time. Beyond that to...
Others saw it was relief to remove their sandals, while here, which had made some a little sore in spots. There had already been a lot of traveling by foot, far from where they came, and up and down two mountain ranges one after the other, and now when all had additional pine nuts and water that...
The others all hurried over to where Argon called from. Here a small stream of water poured out from among the rocks, and ran on from there, with small plants obscuring it further on. Each took turns to kneel by it and fill their water vessel.
Deseradar said, "We all just came down that...