"Farid? Have you made up your mind?" Farid came out of his gloomy thoughts. Meggie was standing in front of him. "You will come with us, won't you? Resa says you can stay with us as long as you like, and Mo doesn't mind, either."
Silvertongue was still standing with the robbers, talking to the Black Prince. Farid saw Orpheus watching the two of them… then he began pacing up and down once more, rubbed his forehead, smoothed back his hair, muttered as if talking to himself. Like a lunatic, thought Farid. I've pinned my hopes on a lunatic!
"Wait here." He turned away from Meggie and went over to Orpheus. "I'm going with Meggie," he said brusquely. "You can go wherever you like."
Cheeseface straightened his glasses. "What are you talking about? Of course I'm coming with you! After all, I want to see everything – the Wayless Wood, the Laughing Prince's castle." He looked up at the hill. "And of course I'd have liked to see the Castle of Night, too, but after what's happened here, I suppose it isn't a good time. Well, this is only my first day here… Have you seen the Adderhead yourself? Is he very terrifying? I'd like to see those silver scales on the columns…"
"You're not here to go sightseeing!" Farid's voice was choked with anger. What on earth was Cheeseface thinking of? How could he stand there looking around him as if he were on a pleasure trip, while Dustfinger would soon be lying in some dark crypt or wherever Roxane planned to take him?
"Oh no?" Orpheus's round face darkened. "Is that any way to talk to me? I'll do as I like. Do you think I've finally arrived where I always wanted to be just to have a snotty boy, who has no business here, anyway, order me around? You think words can simply be plucked from the empty air? This is all about Death, you stupid boy! It could take months for me to get the right idea. Who knows? You don't call up ideas just like that, not even with fire, and we need a brilliant, a divine idea. Which means" – Orpheus inspected his fingernails – "that I shall need a servant! Or do you want me to waste my time washing my own clothes and finding myself something to eat?"
The dog. The accursed dog. "Very well. I'll be your servant, too." Farid brought the words out only with difficulty. "If you will bring him back."
"Excellent!" Orpheus smiled. "Then, for a start, get me some food. It looks as if we're going to be embarking on a long and uncomfortable march."
Farid gritted his teeth, but of course he obeyed. He would have scraped the silver from the towers of the Castle of Night to get Dustfinger breathing again.
"Farid? What is it? Are you coming with us?" Meggie stepped into his path as he ran past her, with bread and dried meat for Cheeseface in his pockets.
"Yes – yes, we're coming with you!" He flung his arms around her neck, but only once he saw that Silvertongue's back was turned to him. You never knew with fathers. "I'll save him, Meggie!" he whispered in her ear. "I'll bring Dustfinger back. This story will have a happy ending. I swear!"
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