Warwing runs up to Jessica pressing her beak into Jessica’s belly knocking her over “Mother” she calls out. Jessica laughs placing her hands on Warwings beak.
Rodney looks baffled. “What? How can a koblot birth a roc?”
Warwing explains “I hatched to small. Jessica fed me cream, and that made me grow fast and strong.”
The lot of them hardly have time to great each-other before Odidimuse shows up with his escorts. “Jessica, we need your magic.” Odidimuse expresses. “Baba has unlashed another plague.”
“tell everyone to leave at once. I can’t heal all of them forever.” Jessica retorts.
“it’s worse than all of that is would seem. Running will not help; I spoke to my brother’s daughter living with the Unpine at Watersend. The plagues have reached them as well.” Odidimuse goes on.
Corn cuts in “Jessica, what does this all mean?” Jessica gasps. She sits frozen for a long moment forgetting even to breath as what Odidimuse has claimed sinks in for her. Corn grads Jessica by the arm and call to her again “Jessica!” Jessica fails to blink and her eyes water . “Jessica!” Corn shacks Jessica, Jessica nearly faints from the loss of breath.
At least Jessica whispers so softly that only Corn who is noise to noise with her can hear, her voice reduced to a childish whine “I lost. I failed. I can’t protect you. I can’t protect anyone.” Jessica slumps over Corn in the grip of despair “I made a mistake. I misunderstood what Kari said about fleeing. She didn’t mean Graywall. She meant the island. Everyone.”
Odidimuse speaks up “Jessica. Tell me what to do.” Odidimuse is in shamble, fully ready to turn himself over to Jessica’s whim. He knows that he has been bet, there is no more room for pride, only a need to save that which he can.
“we are at Kari’s will” Jessica meekly tries to explain.
Corn grinds her fangs and pushes Jessica back holding her firm at arm’s length. Jessica covers her face with her hands weekly. “STOP IT!” Corn shouts at Jessica. “I have just survived fighting a dozen giants, and falling into the heck of our past lives! And I am a child! Jessica I need you. You are the mother of our tribe. We need you.”
Jessica whines shaking her head in defeat “I.. I don’t…”
Corn takes one hand smacks Jessica’s noise down “You Must! Now gather your straight before I hit you again.”
The sharp pain in Jessica’s noise helps her gather her thoughts, her eyes burn cold and determined. Jessica wipes her face on her arm. “Bring me a plate cast out of white gold, a fist full of cheese, a biscuit and a string of grapes assort the nibbles atop the plate. Tell everyone in the town to gather at the tree of tails at once. tell them all to sniff the cheese and to lick the grapes, then to pinch the biscuit. They will find once this is done that no one will feel hunger. Odidimuse, Warwing, you will go to Watersend, fly my child as if Hades stood in your shadow, fly like you have never flown before. Odidimuse find your brother and his child, have them send their brethren two the six largest camps within a day’s walk, Tell every family that wishes for salvation that they will find safety in Graywall even if it is for but a day. Then we make our way to long river, we seek Shadi and her cats, we will gather in their boats and be across the see in no time.”
Odidimuse nods his head once then looks to her “and what if one will not do as I say?”
“They will. They must.” Jessica looks to Corn “Go to Preston, be with your children.”
Jessica finds her feet and turns way from the group her clothing fluttering in the sudden wind like a holy mother figure.
“Where are you going Jessica?” Corn ask.
“To summon Kari.”
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