Expectant 65 epilogue

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Bearing her child on her back, Kreysta retuerns towards the cave from gathering berries and fruits of the forest. She passes the clear stream that is a tributary feeding the River Silk, which meanders down through the ravaged kingdom of Aratan and on through wide forests, past Sulisas to the fabled Lake Gaia, the heart of the Holy Empire of Esa. [link]

The mountain valley is beautiful, and lush compared to the adjoining parts, but eschewed by humanity due to its proximity to the abode of the dreaded Gargers and also to the Kraken realm of Kalakashna, just beyond the mountans. Once people lived here, though, as the ancient paintings within the secluded cave testified. The cave had become Kreystas's abode now, there she looked after her garger son, whom she had named Sawney, and also helped Asterith tend to the unconscious knight.