Somewhere in the darkness shines a little light on a blue horizon

It was a little hard for Osprey to match Charon's quick pace - her aching feet and the heavy feeling that made her constantly think about, how very nice it would be to stop walking and lie down. But a promise was a promise, she had to keep up and not show weakness. Therefore she tried to divert her mind from the exhaustion and focus more on, what her young friend was telling her.

The tale of Charon's adventures was long and had many curves and loops. If you compared it to the road, then it was not the easy and straight line, no, it had bumps and holes, trees fallen over it and some places were even washed away by the stream. In order to understand and remember everything he told her, she had to make effort of following through.

When the boy had got to the point, where a monster had hurt him in the neck, Osprey felt a sudden, stabbing pain in her belly, she let out a little yelp and fell down to her haunches. "Sorry, Charon. I have to take a rest," she told him. Probably this was not the response he had expected from her, when he showed his battle scars.