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It was a long time before Damek would talk to me again. It was only midmorning when we left Balunkrants unexpectedly, and Damek pushed us hard to put as much distance between ourselves and that little town as we possibly could as quickly as we could.

I suspected for a long time that the bastard wasn’t even counting his steps, so as I was rather bored from walking in absolute silence, I did it for him. He rebuffed any and all attempts I made at conversation, but his mind was c...