80 Fourth Heaven

"Odd… I haven't heard a single complaint from you since we left. Something wrong?"

"Mm… I just want to get this over with as soon as possible. That's all."

Something had happened to him and the damn wretch won't tell me what happened even though she was there. He's gone quiet on the inside, too. No doubt keeping his thoughts away from me…

Lu'um observed the brooding, silent figure beside her and wondered what he had heard from the old man… What could have caused such a change? She did not know but it seemed like whatever the old man had said to him had taken hold in him…

Reed looked out of the hovercraft and saw shifting, emerald landscapes blur into one another as they sped along towards the Holy Church's city-state, Fourth Heaven.