Tanda said she hadn’t either.
That answer didn’t comfort me at all.
I kept us going longer and longer, not wanting to rest and have all the cows gather close to us. By the time the sun came up I had flown us to the edge of Bank City. I was exhausted and was going to have to get a few hours sleep before we went on.
At first light, the moment the sun peeked over the edge of the nearby mountains, the cows stopped watching us and went back to grazing.
For some reason that bothered me a lot more than them staring at us.
Chapter Nine
“It’s an acquired taste.”
H. LECHTER
I was so tired that even the short walk into the center of the town of Bank darned near killed me. All I wanted to do was fall down and sleep, at least for a few hours. Aahz promised me that was going to be possible very soon, so I limped along with them.
The merchants were opening up the stores and the shutters had all disappeared from the windows. Horses pulling wagons were lined up outside a few stores, and, just like in Evade, a guy wearing a hat and carrying a shovel was going around cleaning up after the horses. Clearly that was a standard job in every town. I couldn’t imagine a kid wanting to be the horse-poop cleaner when he grew up. But maybe in this culture, that was the top job.
Bank looked a lot like Evade, just bigger. The buildings were all the same size, and there were wooden sidewalks.
We found a small establishment like the one Glenda had left me in, and sat down at a table near the front window. We were the only ones in the place. It felt great to be off my feet and not moving. I might be able to sleep right there in the chair if they let me.