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Jentus put on the pack and paid Suurt. Jentus and Suurt said their farewells as Jentus led Alexandra outside. Once outside Jentus made sure that all of Alexandra’s equipment was secure and then they continued their walk up the hill that the shop was on. They used the over used trail that they had begun their travels on and continued until they came to the bottom of the other side of the hill.
She was being careful not to fall on the huge rocks that once lined the river bed of a great water way, they traveled for a while through a valley that once was a river. Jentus told Alexandra that the river once carried their people from a far away land to where they resided today. Alexandra was fascinated by this and could see a scarce amount of fossilized seaweed. She hoped that they would get to the end of the valley soon because she was having a hard time walking on or around the rocks that remained in their path.
“Pick up your feet a bit Alexandra. I want to get passed this valley of rocks before nightfall. If you pick up your pace a bit we might reach the spot where we are to camp for the night in just over an hour. Nightfall will be here in about two hours and we will need to set up camp before that.” Jentus caught her by the arm just before Alexandra fell to the rocks and helped her up to her feet.
“I am trying to move as fast as I can. Ow, you are hurting my arm.” Alexandra screamed as Jentus pulled her to her feet. She gave him a dirty look as she rubbed her arm where he had grabbed it, more out of the hurt that still remained inside than any hurt he could have caused her from yanking her arm.
“Would you rather I let you fall to the rocks. Come, let’s move.” Jentus said with authority.