There was a knock and Emane opened it.“Hello, Emane. I apologize, but I need the pair of you right now.” Lomay turned and hobbled as quickly as he could without looking back.Kiora glanced at Emane before running out the door. Emane followed, close on her heels.“Lomay!” Kiora called, catching up to him. “What is the matter?”“Nothing is the matter with me, dear, but we have a problem with Drustan.”“Drustan?” A lump immediately formed in Kiora’s throat. “What happened?”“He wandered somewhere he shouldn’t have.” Lomay shook his head. “I should have spoken with you all about it earlier, but I thought it better if I waited until after you were settled. It seems you still make mistakes when you are as old as I am,” he said, as if genuinely surprised by that fact.Kiora glanced over at Emane who shrugged his shoulders. They hurried across the canyon floor. For a minute Kiora thought Lomay was leading them back up to the rope bridge. But they veered left, heading towards an opening to what looked like a separate cave cut into the side.
