Seven Stones: Part Eighty-Four
Previously on Seven Stones: After swallowing one of Anserth’s stimulants, Kobb regains enough energy to return the group to the Stones. However, the drug makes the side effects of travel worse, leaving both Anserth and Kobb disoriented. Anessa storms off when she realises Kobb has brought Anserth with them. Haelen suggests that, if the help he received was a lie, then perhaps correcting the flow of power to the Stones is the wrong thing to do.
Kobb filled his bowl. If your enemy wanted something, preventing it was a good start for a plan. But only a start; murderers and saints often sought the same things. “No question they’ve betrayed you, Haelen. You’ve seen the evil the power’s wrought, though. The conspiracy were involved in one — maybe two — of those problems. Things are going wrong even without humans interfering where they shouldn’t. There’s still power seeping into the world that needs stopping. We don’t finish this, there’s every chance things’ll break down again.”
“And restoring the last Stone gives those liars what they want!” Haelen glared at the fire. “Can we take the risk?”
“The Reverend’s right about not leaving evil unfought.” Anserth picked up another bowl. “Reckon that makes two things we agree on. As to the best way to do it? I’d need to know more than there are plotters using…
