Someone Else's Kingdom, BOOK II - Scene LXXXIII
"This is all futile," stated Liofia, glum, but purposefully. "It's not looking good, if that's what you mean," came Colm's sympathetic reply. At this point the ship's boy arrived. The familiar little monkey jumped up into the arms of Goola. It's impish presence providing a moment of endearment amidst the wider foreboding. "Why stay and face certain death, when there is a more hopeful option?" pushed Liofia, with pointedness, "Hope far beyond the reach of King Mizmeam ..or indeed the Tunidans." "The other side?" The ship's boy looked up as Colm asked this. Gelkin - out there in his calm, but lonely escape - instantly appearing his mind. Part of him envied the exile, but a deeper part felt the tug of loyalty to his besieged homeland. Liofia had already demanded every bit of information about the exotic outer realm. His long and strange journey; the story of Aralak emerging from the desert - only to be cut down by t...