Self Discovery

"I came looking for you to tell you I am riding away from the Harigga for a few days."

She surprised me with that. Words spoken as she joined me at one of the Clan fires. "Away from the Harigga? why?"

She told me of a trip she had planned to take to Echo Canyon. Something she had wanted to do and now she had a task that went hand in hand with that quest .. complimenting it. I studied her for a moment before I nodded and asked her .. what she might need from me.

She said she would be gone for a few days .. and that what she needed from me was to bring her home .. if her absence was longer than that.

I gave her my word.

I did not ask .. but she told me that four others would go with her .. including Orahjinn. That pleased me. Gave me some assurance in the middle of it all. Despite my comfort and trust in her abilities ... it was good to know she would not be alone.

I asked her if she had spoken of this with Ayguili .. not only because the two of them were in the process of speaking of their future together .. but because he was Ubar and she was of the First Fires. She said she had spoken to him of it .. but that lately his time had been taken up by others. I told her I had not seen him in some time myself .. but then I had also not been around as much either which might account for part of it. I told her that .. if he was aware ... that was all I asked for. The rest was whether or not she wished to connect with him before she left.

We spoke of Ba'atar's death .. of his family. I asked her how long she needed before I came looking for her. She asked me to give her a hand.

She told me to take care of the Harigga for her while she was gone .. I told her that was no problem for Fonce of the Tuchuk.

We kept it light .. no digging around in each others issues ... painful or otherwise. It was good to talk to her .. without all that. It was good to connect with her .. even if it was brief.

I wonder what Mezoo will find out about herself in the Canyon of Echoes.