Chapter Three
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Chapter Three
Chuyoi Chokai to Cenic
When Aya came awake she couldn’t help but smile to herself. She was lying in a nice warm bed in Chuyoi Chokai. First the first time in her entire life she had left her country. The thought sent a thrill down her spine, until she remembered exactly why she had left her country.
Her eyes opened and she looked out the window, the morning was nearly over, she had slept in. That was bad, she had wanted to set out early in the morning. Why hadn’t Kaiwa woken her up?
A sickening thought suddenly leapt at her. What if Kaiwa had left without her?
She leapt out of her bed, trying to best to ignore the suddenly cold that she felt. It was freezing in her room, and of course it would be. A few weeks from now it would be winter, and sooner than that the lakes would freeze over and it would probably start snowing. If Kaiwa were to leave her now, she might not be able to find another boat, or at least not until spring and by then…
Aya was quickly dressed. She went next door to his room, she knocked and hollered, but he wasn’t there. As fast as she could she went back to her room, grabbed her few things and ran out of the inn and full speed, ignoring the people and doorframes her shoulders were banging against as she ran.
Finally she was on the road, people busying themselves at the market, haggling in a language she had heard before but still could not understand. She ignored them. She ignored everything around her, the sound of the city, the smell of the ocean in the air. All she could think about was getting to the dock and catching Kaiwa before she was abandoned and her mission failed.
The docks weren’t far from her motel and she reached them in record time, panting and about to collapse. There were many boats all along the docks, the fishermen returning from their morning catch and heading off to the market now to sell their hard work. It took her a moment to remember where they had docked the night before.
Finally she remembered and took off one dock. They were at the end, she knew it, but she couldn’t see if the boat was there or not because of all the other boats that blocked her view.
She stopped dead in her tracks. That was where they had docked the night before, and there was the boat just like she remembered, the eye of Uruwashii watching her.
“Kaiwa…” She said his name, barely able to catch her breath.
He sat on the side on the ship, witling something in his hand with a knife. He turned as she said his name. She dropped her things, her hands grabbed her knees as she tried to breath steady again and not fall over.
“My God… you look terrible.”
“I… ran… here…” She stood up straight, one hand on her chest, the other gesturing to him. “I though… you left…”
He looked away from her for a second and then back, a half smile on his face. “I thought about it.”
The shock was apparently in her face, but she stayed silent, her panting slowing slightly.
“I wouldn’t have, but I did think about it,” he sighed, putting his knife away. “You’ve gone past to your point of no return, and I just passed mine.”
She smiled and let a laugh out from relief. “Well thank Jirale,” she picked her things off the dock. “Now let’s get going.
(I like Kaiwa. Anyway, my counts coming along all right. Yay!)
Words Left To Count: 31733
Days Left: 23
Chapter Three
Chuyoi Chokai to Cenic
When Aya came awake she couldn’t help but smile to herself. She was lying in a nice warm bed in Chuyoi Chokai. First the first time in her entire life she had left her country. The thought sent a thrill down her spine, until she remembered exactly why she had left her country.
Her eyes opened and she looked out the window, the morning was nearly over, she had slept in. That was bad, she had wanted to set out early in the morning. Why hadn’t Kaiwa woken her up?
A sickening thought suddenly leapt at her. What if Kaiwa had left without her?
She leapt out of her bed, trying to best to ignore the suddenly cold that she felt. It was freezing in her room, and of course it would be. A few weeks from now it would be winter, and sooner than that the lakes would freeze over and it would probably start snowing. If Kaiwa were to leave her now, she might not be able to find another boat, or at least not until spring and by then…
Aya was quickly dressed. She went next door to his room, she knocked and hollered, but he wasn’t there. As fast as she could she went back to her room, grabbed her few things and ran out of the inn and full speed, ignoring the people and doorframes her shoulders were banging against as she ran.
Finally she was on the road, people busying themselves at the market, haggling in a language she had heard before but still could not understand. She ignored them. She ignored everything around her, the sound of the city, the smell of the ocean in the air. All she could think about was getting to the dock and catching Kaiwa before she was abandoned and her mission failed.
The docks weren’t far from her motel and she reached them in record time, panting and about to collapse. There were many boats all along the docks, the fishermen returning from their morning catch and heading off to the market now to sell their hard work. It took her a moment to remember where they had docked the night before.
Finally she remembered and took off one dock. They were at the end, she knew it, but she couldn’t see if the boat was there or not because of all the other boats that blocked her view.
She stopped dead in her tracks. That was where they had docked the night before, and there was the boat just like she remembered, the eye of Uruwashii watching her.
“Kaiwa…” She said his name, barely able to catch her breath.
He sat on the side on the ship, witling something in his hand with a knife. He turned as she said his name. She dropped her things, her hands grabbed her knees as she tried to breath steady again and not fall over.
“My God… you look terrible.”
“I… ran… here…” She stood up straight, one hand on her chest, the other gesturing to him. “I though… you left…”
He looked away from her for a second and then back, a half smile on his face. “I thought about it.”
The shock was apparently in her face, but she stayed silent, her panting slowing slightly.
“I wouldn’t have, but I did think about it,” he sighed, putting his knife away. “You’ve gone past to your point of no return, and I just passed mine.”
She smiled and let a laugh out from relief. “Well thank Jirale,” she picked her things off the dock. “Now let’s get going.
(I like Kaiwa. Anyway, my counts coming along all right. Yay!)
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