The last time was when he stumbled upon a group of Dei-Xhan warriors near the Domain of Pagans' border with Zondroland. He spent the next month runnin...g from the ten that survived the first few seconds of that chaotic encounter. Now, the young Gnathar sat atop Gnusyl and looked down upon a large seaport which teemed with people. It was only the second time he had ever seen the ocean. He and Gnusyl sat on the crest of a hill that overlooked the city of Port Meikari with amazement."We can go down. As Courtney reached the end of the platform and stepped off, she lost her grip on her burden and fell forward empty handed. Lauren and I both caught her and eased her to the floor, and then I steeled myself to reach in and grab the other woman. As my hand crossed the vertical plane of the platform I winced, but nothing seemed to happen and I reached farther in. As I touched the arm I was reaching for I recoiled involuntarily. I had been expecting to feel skin; what I felt was a soft short fur. The crowd disappeared like by magic. The doors to the antechamber of the principal's inner sanctum were open. Mrs. Kleinberg, secretary to the principal from times immemorial and a younger woman that Liz didn't know were clearly closing for the night.Mrs. Kleinberg looked at the visitor and smiled. Or tried to smile. At least her collection of wrinkles stretched and moved."Elizabeth, long time no see. Mr. Hennessey is sorry, but he will be a tad late. He had to supervise the new hall. The three quickly held a discussion about what was happening. Ta hadalready explained to Miss Malissa over the phone what was going on,without going into detail.Now he made a snap decision only to have one of the Wigiwa reveal herselfas a Seeker of the Tree Clan. Taking out his phone he called Trader.The Tree Clan Seekers always had what were referred to as Seekerassistants, many having just as much talent as the full Seeker. Now herealized that these three were just such a trio."Son, I'm.