I don’t think I noticed the tension of traveling with Orion and his cronies, but once we head out of the little town, it’s like a weight falls away from all three of us. We have supplies – I spent my last gold and silver on a bow and arrows of my own – and we have a destination to get to, but we don’t have any arrogant jerks looking down on us or going ahead and doing ill-advised things without caring about anyone else’s opinion.

“So where are we going?” Petra asks once we are ...