Those questions of mine, that jostled for attention in my head, they could all be answered later. For now, I planned on leaving the politicking to the likes of General Shiloh and Claire. I had my women and my children to attend to, first and foremost.
I sighed. Breathed the crisp air and enjoyed the feel of the sunlight on my face and the backs of my hands. I meant to make the most of the little things while we were above ground. The gods knew, it sounded like we’d be spending a lot of time down in the echoing halls, cramped passages, and dangerous unexplored frontier that was the Subterranean Realms.
And, probably, sooner rather than later.
I turned away from the bearmancers, from the future, and focused on the women at my side and the present that I was in. You had to make a concerted effort to enjoy these moments, to enjoy the present. After all, most of us—the lucky ones—were living the life that we might one day look back on as the good old days.
It was best to make sure that they weren’t just good days, but fucking great.
“Come on,” I said, shoving my weariness aside, grinning and taking Renji and Penelope by the hands, “let’s go and find the others and get something to drink.”
Renji made a sound of assent. “Yes, there are many souls that need remembering today.”
“But,” said Penelope in the anxious voice of the student who is allowing herself to be talked into skipping class, “hadn’t we better start preparing for… for what comes next? For what we might be called upon to do down in the Subterranean Realms? Shouldn’t we be training or planning or reading maps? Should we really be drinking and cavorting and wasting precious time?”
“Ah, Pen,” I said, squeezing the Knowledge Sprite’s arm and kissing her lightly on the cheek, “didn’t you hear that time you enjoy wasting can never be considered as wasted time?”
And, together, we walked toward the future, while it looked back at us with a knowing smile.
End of Book 3
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