Farlip was a Big Cheater Who Got What He Deserved
Everina said we had to leave town first thing, so we were out at dawn on the road toward New Crystal City.
Pony wasn't even a little tired from pulling the day before. Still, I made sure to rub him down extra carefully with the good liniment from home. That night we camped by the side of the road. I was glad to be gone from there, because that place makes me sad because it makes me think of how Bane the Horse died.
Everyone was in a good mood, I think, but Evina was tired and went to sleep early. I gathered wood and that took a while. When I asked, Evina promised to explain to me what it means when people say that "Shit rolls down hill." Then we settled in for bed and I wished I was back at the Westhill stead. I had a bad dream about a black bone dragon and when I woke up in the dark I really needed to whiz. It turned out that Farlip had followed us and already tied up Evina, who had been on watch. But I didn't notice that, because I really needed to whiz and it was dark.
They must have had some sneaky magic to get past her while she was on duty!
Next thing I know, I hear Pony charging up behind me. I thought he was playing a prank on me, but I turned around to see he had just knocked over two guys with clubs who were about to try to hit me. Pony sure is a good horse who takes very good care of me, he's really the bestest horse in the whole world and no one could ask for a better friend. I saw Farlip smash Imarjan's face and that made me really mad, so I charged him with a Big Jump. We wrestled around some before he lost his footing and I ran him up against a tree. I broke his ribs but the main thing was the tree limb that pierced his chest. He died then and I say good. But it still made me cry.
In the mean time, Pony bit the ear off one of Farlip's thugs. I say good. He was a whiny lowlander who I had to cuff four or five times to get to stop screaming. Evina was busy trying to save Imarjan and needed quiet!
In the morning we had to deal with all that mess and the local chieftaness got involved, but she agreed we were in the right and even gave Evina one of Farlip's horses and she agreed to speak for me to any woman I court.
So you see cheaters always get what they deserve.
