It took Squints all of an
hour and a half to gather every piece of writing that said anything about the Sigil’s
of the Paragon’s because every piece of writing happened to be one paragraph in
one book. Squints still took a few more hours to look through the catalog of
each library searching of anything he could think of that might lead to
information about the sigils. After two days of research he still had just the
one book.
He dreaded returning to his
friends with the book because all it said what that far to the south, beyond
the Gnome’s island chain was the Elven continent. There they would find the
city of scrolls, where five scrolls held the secrets of how to find, and
procure the sigils of the Paragon’s. Two days of research and all he had found was
a book that led him to another series of books on the other side of the planet.
His mind returned to the
present to find that it was well past sun down and he had been standing outside
Alex’s bar for some time. He sighed heavily gripped the book in his hands and charged
toward the bar as if he were walking against the wind.
Alex had closed the bar less
than an hour ago, she and Lisa were wrapped up in a conversation when Squints
entered the nearly empty building with determination. He looked around the bar
in confusion. “Where’s Trent?” He asked.
Lisa and Alex glanced In his
direction. “He and Brooke are off enjoying their much delayed wedding night” Alex
answered.
Lisa saw the book in Squints
hands. “Is that our first clue?” She asked.
Squints walked over to the
bar and hopped on up a chair. He placed the book on the bar. “This is our only
clue.” He said with finality.
Lisa didn’t get it. “I’m sure
once we go through the rest of the library district –“ She started.
“This is the only mention of
the Sigil’s in the entire kingdom of Lidarion.” Squints interrupted.
Lisa paused and then shrugged
her shoulders. “One book’s still a lot to go on.” She acquiesced.
Squints shook his head and
opened the book to the relevant page. “It’s just one paragraph, on one page. Nothing
more, thankfully nothing less.” He grumbled.
Alex and Lisa looked at the paragraph
together. Lisa’s lips moved as she read the passage to herself. Then she looked
up at Squints. “We’ll need a ship.” She pointed out. Squints nodded. “I’m
pretty sure I can help with that.” She offered.
Alex raised an eyebrow. “How
and what do you know about ships?” She asked in surprise.
Lisa smiled. “Everything my
father could teach me without my mother finding out that he was grooming his
daughter to be a sailor just like her old man.” She answered.
Alex smiled. “When you get a
moment I would love to know how you went from being a second generation sailor
to a healer.”
