Day 9

My dreams were oddly disjointed; I saw the sky burn as beings flitted from shadow to shadow. I was watching a war, something terrible had be let lose and those caught by it were devoured completely. Then I saw a band of refuges who seem to be Sevai walking down Surya's path, their misery carried before for them.

Awoke to find my face nusseled into Akanksha's hair and found her presence calming.

After breakfast we set off to investigate the blockage on the road. The once eloquent Govinda barely communicating and when he did it was little more than grunts. I am in two minds whever to keep him with us or send him home. I fear he might do something foolish either way. The blockage appears to be a mount that extents out a good fifty paces either side of the road. It is about twice my height and appears to have been built over the road.

It is both too steep and unstable for us to take Nuals over it; so we must divert round it. We did not return directly to the road. Instead we travelled a parallel coarse which seem to placate Govinda some what.

We rode through the rest of the afternoon with only a few words exchanged between Govinda and the rest of us. Akanksha and I exchanged small talk whilst Sem-buk rode in companionable silence.

As the twins started to pass below the horizon there appear to be some sort of structure at the edge of our perception. Govinda nearly fell to the ground and started praying to each of the gods in turn. Sem-buk shock his head and said something under his breath which I did not catch. I decided to make camp here. Once again Akanksha and I enjoyed each others company.