Chapter 81

• "No big deal about it ...no big deal about it. We are just happy that you thought about us and that you are here to help us....we know that our village is a long way from the palace and that it will be a long time before we get the news. You know...we were really skeptical about whether you would help us or not. We wanted to send an entourage to the palace to ask for assistance but we were having a hard time choosing whom to send. Besides, everyone was afraid. They don't know what will happen on the journey. We are just here!"
• The excitement was clear from the old man's voice. I wondered what the people in this village had felt for days after the incident.
• They felt like they were cut off from the rest of the world and that no one really cared enough about them to come find out what was happening to them.