Immediately Sidrick looked around, trying to see who might be watching them. Usually, elves have exceptional sight, but for some reason Sidrick felt as if there was a veil keeping him from seeing who was there. Of course Thom was having trouble seeing, dwarfs not being known for their sight as much as for their hearing.
"What do you hear?" Sidrick asked Thom.
Thom, head cocked answered, "I'm not sure, but for a moment..." "For a moment what?" Sidrick encouraged, waiting for Thom to decide what he'd heard. "For a moment, it sounded like the tinkling of glass, but that can't be. It must have been the wind in the trees. Do you see anything?"
Sidrick looked around again and said, "Nothing, I see nothing. But I think we should leave."
So the two allies left, each going their own way back to their own world. Each a little spooked by the ending to their meeting and hoping they really had imagined something that wasn't there.
Of course that was not to be. There had been someone watching, listening, trying to learn what they knew. After she was sure the dwarf and elf were safely gone from the river she emerged and wandered around, trying to sense everything that had happened. Looking at her you wouldn't think much at all. She looked like most any of the humans that had entered their world. She wasn't especially beautiful in the way that humans measured beauty. But she wasn't like the other humans, she could do things and see things that they couldn't do or see. She knew that the elf would see her if she hadn't placed the veil. The sound got away from her, she would have to be more careful if the opportunity came again.
For now, she sat and looked back and listened and wondered at what she saw.
(Pass to Somarledi.)
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