Qeya River split sky

he was tempted, sorely tempted, to send sheep killer off into the coastline. no one would know this man; finding ghelan might only be a matter of locale then.

sheep killer deferred. sun eater gathered himself to long legs. "want you and her heal first," the man muttered. "we leave river as one."

this, perhaps, might change as the days wore on. "go," he ordered, "rest. i find her, cover wounds."

there was another reason to stay: sheep killer would need to lie, and it was not something he had yet done to sun eater's knowledge.