48 - Out Alone

Even after all the excitement, Shefenkas being all right – I prayed to the Ten that his eyes would heal well, suddenly reassured that prayers could be heard -- and the incipient bar brawl at the Fig… I couldn’t settle. Kyriala hid anything she felt behind her veil… she’d gasped when the beer glass was hurled and I hardly had to pull her anywhere… she slid under the table faster than I did