Snake reached down, picked the beads up from Urson's hand. The sound of wings had stopped.
"Where do we go now?" Urson asked.
"Follow the general rule, I guess," said Iimmi. "Since we know Hama does have a temple somewhere, we try to find it, get the third jewel, and rescue Argo Incarnate. Then get back to the ship."
"In three days?" asked Urson. They had related the rest of what they had found to him by now. "Well, where do we start looking?"
"The Priestess said something about a band of Hama's disciples behind the fire mountain. That must mean the volcano we saw from the steps in the City of New Hope." Iimmi turned to Snake. "Did you read her mind enough to know if she was telling the truth?"
Snake nodded.
Iimmi paused for a moment. "Well, since the river is that way, we should head," he turned and pointed, "... in that direction."
They fixed their stride now and started through the moon-brushed foliage.
"I still don't understand what was going on back at the monastery," Geo said. "Were they really priestesses of Argo? And what was Jordde doing?"
"I'd say yes on the first question, and guess that Jordde was a spy for them for an answer to the second."