It was nearly sundown by the time we got back to Camp. What I didn’t expect to find was the entire group gathered in a meeting circle, like the kind they had in Foresthome. Judging from the perplexed expression on Fen’s face, I guessed this didn’t happen frequently. Or at all.
“What’s going on?” I asked.
His eyes were big as he observed from afar one of the camp residents speaking. “I don’t know. It’s usually Niralessa talking or yelling at us.”
“Then it’s decided,” I heard Niralessa say as we got closer.
Uh-oh. Decided? On what?
Nods went around the circle, and I had trouble figuring out the mood. There were smiles, but there was also confusion or disbelief. A few of the warrior types didn’t look all that happy.
The circle was dispersing when we got there. Some of the residents grin
Aksara