Chapter 14
So now we have the choice to be made. Do they turn back in hopes of finding medicine that can heal (I’ve been calling her Thea’s sister because a legit forgot her name… she’s a very flat character and that needs to be fixed), or do they go on in order to pursue the quest for the (baroness? Yah, also exceedingly flat)?
Thus far Ikrivain has been in charge of the resources and Thea navigation and Marek and his gal are the talkers and best equipped to deal with people. Yet with the pursestrings, Ikrivain is clearly in charge and he says they must continue. He casts doubt on the severity of her injuries, working to ignore the growing reality that something here is very wrong and it is likely that his first ever responsibilities as a man will result in failures (first his job as Signifier and now this special mission that will result in deaths beyond his control).
He refuses to turn back and it comes to blows with Marek, and that is when he realizes something. The magic that impacts him and gives him more strength and speed has been coursing through him at a low level for a long time. It was below his awareness but active. It is as if someone has been sustaining a spell for an extremely long time and the impact of that is on him. He stops the fight and tries to explain what he knows and what he is. He says that he fears this place is dangerous but it redoubles his efforts to get the man out of the prison. They are so close now he is unwilling to stop.
They begrudgingly agree when Thea’s sister agrees first, after sharing a look with Thea, and they move forward.