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.At the time it seemed foolish, but now the comment made sense.Her hands would be tender for at least a week, and it could affect her ability to use a sword effectively.Although it had been raining heavily, thunder and lightning weren’t noticeable until a sudden flash was followed immediately by a cracking sound.It sounded like two angry siblings fighting for the travelers’ attention.Each time the thunder struck, it shook the earth so much that Kelsey forgot her name and had to concentrate to remember who she was and where she was going.The rain, the loud noise, and the flashes of light were disorienting.She had never been in a storm like this before.Kelsey turned to look at Maggie and briefly forgot what to call her also.Names were like clouds drifting just beyond the reach of her memory.As Kelsey shook her head, she felt her wet hair slapping against her cheeks.This revived her long enough to begin focusing on her own name again.As soon as she recalled it, she concentrated on spelling it over and over.This seemed to help her to remember who she was and why she was on the soggy mountain path.She recited the letters in her name and then reached down to feel her favorite knife resting securely in the hilt at her side.Perhaps she was getting a fever from the cold rain, but touching her knife had a temporary calming effect until another round of thunder and lightning startled her again.Nevertheless, Kelsey moved forward, and most of the time she managed to keep herself from falling.As she reached the top of a hill, she paused for a moment to catch her breath as she assessed the slick path underneath her feet by grinding one heel into the mud.She knew from experience that the descent would be more treacherous than the climb had been.With gravity to pull her down in the direction she was heading, falling would be much easier.She knew she had to be more careful on this section of the road, so she extended her arm and grabbed a pine bough tightly to guide herself along, moving even more slowly than she had been.Just as her hand grasped another branch, her feet slipped out from underneath her and she skidded forward several feet.She held onto the tree limb as well as she could, feeling the sharp edges digging deeper into her skin as her feet gave out.The pain was burning her hands, but she would not let go because the water was rushing down the path so quickly that it could easily sweep her down the mountain, causing serious injuries.Kelsey glanced over her shoulder as she struggled in the mud and saw Maggie fighting to stay on her feet, as well.Kelsey felt all her anger and frustration toward the girl going away.They were both engaged in the same struggle, and it was exhausting.At this point, Kelsey didn’t have time to be cross or upset.Fighting against the flooding rains was fatiguing, and it felt as if everything within her was being drained by the struggle.Kelsey watched Maggie having the same unpleasant experience and it was difficult for her to hate someone who shared something with her, even if that something was trouble.The situation felt hopeless, and Kelsey didn’t know if they would make it without being injured or losing their way in the downpour.She had never experienced rain like this, and she still wasn’t sure they were headed in the right direction.In a rare moment of empathy, Kelsey reached out a hand for Maggie, who was sliding down the wet path despite her scrambling efforts to hold onto a limb.Kelsey yelled Roland’s name as loudly as she could, screaming above the sound of the thunder.She and Maggie needed help, while Roland didn’t appear to be struggling at all.Roland slowly turned around, but he didn’t reach out a hand.Instead, he calmly took his small staff and tapped the ground three times without speaking a word.The rain abruptly stopped.More than that, the ground was dry as if the storm had never happened.Kelsey dropped Maggie’s hand as well as the branch she was clinging onto.She slumped down to the hard, dry earth.As she hugged her arms across her chest, she felt her clothes.They were dry, and there were no mud stains on her anywhere.She quickly glanced over at Maggie, who was now sitting on the path dumbfounded and staring at the cuts in her own hands.She was dry also.There was nothing wet anywhere.The trees showed no signs of dripping water, and the bits of sky visible through the overhead branches were clear.Now Kelsey felt even more confused.Maggie stared down at her hands, looking over the scratches and cuts she had gotten from pulling herself along the path.The blood was real.Kelsey’s own palms felt raw and sore, and her whole body ached.“What happened?” Kelsey asked with a baffled expression.“I don’t know,” Maggie replied.She appeared to be even more confused than Kelsey.“You’re away from the castle,” Roland said.“The sorcerer’s spell overwhelmed you all at once with a storm of confusion.It’s because you were protected from the spell at the castle and weren’t used to having to discern reality.Even small spells can appear much larger when you’re not used to protecting yourself from them.”Kelsey thought about this [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]