Flash Fiction #543: The Long Way Home/42 (END)

 They were in a carriage, and he lay on a bed of soft pillows. Eket sat beside him."Awake now. Good," Eket said. "I cannot stay. There is no telling what Aien is up to. Humans are odd creatures, you know. Fascinating. I don't understand half of why you have done what you did.""Right thing to do," Rory replied as if this made any sense. "Pyrida?""He will be a long time trapped in his nightmare and