Day 29

I had been under the impression that this wilderness was just a boring expanse of nothingness besides rocks and dead trees. But maybe I was wrong. This afternoon, when we had stopped to have something to eat, I noticed a speck of green poking out between two boulders. It was the bud of a flower.

We've seen a few more since then too and, after all, it is the beginning of spring. Maybe this is a beautiful meadow in summer when the plants have all come back out after hiding from a harsh winter season.

It is evening now, and to the south-west we can see green lights. They come from far off behind a tall hill, so we can't see the source of the lights. It looks like it would be about two days walk away. Maybe it is a city. I think we should start to head in that direction in case it is a settlement of some kind. They could help defend the village from the elementals and we wouldn't need to go all the way to Pon and risk finding nothing.

Lanua disagrees with me, as seems to be the norm lately. She doesn't want to change our course. We'll discuss what to do next tonight.

 The light of civilisation across the hills.