Fortress In The Eye Of Time, page 77
He flexed his hand, wiped at his eyes. ?I?m very well.?
He walked away then. Uwen led Dys and Cass behind him.
He had no idea where to go, now. He thought he would sleep a while.
True sleep had been very long absent from him.
—Emuin, he said, but he had no answer—a sense of presence, but nothing close. Possibly Emuin was asleep himself.
?Where are ye goin?, m?lord?? Uwen asked. ?Sounds as if they?ll be bringin? the wagons in, if ye please. We?ll have canvas ?twixt us and the weather. She?s clouded up, looking like rain tonight.?
He looked at the sky, at common, gray-bottomed clouds. He looked about him at the woods. Owl had gone, Shadow that he was, into the trees, where he was more comfortable. But he knew where Owl was.
Owl had gone to the river, where the small creatures had not been startled into hiding. Owl would wait for night. That was the kind of creature Owl was, as kings were kings and lords were lords and the likes of Uwen Lewen?s-son would always stay faithful.
He saw no shadow in the sky. None on the horizon. He did not know how to answer Uwen?s question, but he thought that he would sit down on the rocks near the road, and wait, and see what the world of Men was about to be.
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