I pull my cloak closed and glare at them.

I whisper to Kaldrenzi, "Make them stop."

I shift to human form. Now I'm just in my wolfskin an ankle bracelets. It's very cold. I wait for Kaldrenzi to look human, too. Then we run over to the nearest tavern an go inside.

I shrug. I'm still in hispo form. I start moving towards the city. If there's a fire somewhere, I want to sit on it.

I'm so cold. I would roll around on glowing coals naked.

I look down into the valley.

Ekaterina is there, with her wolves. She's not here with me.

"Fine."

I turn into hispo form and start walking down the mountain.

Away from the valley. Ekaterina made her choice.

"I don't know where it is. The King says that's where my prize is. So, the urgency is from me. But I don't want to go to Vienna. I didn't like that place. Too much fear." "But lets go to that city by the water? Oslo? Where the pregnant woman left us. They had inns and hot food. And th...

I say to Kaldrenzi, "Where's Wallachia? How far away?" "The King of Cats tells me to start looking for myself in the Shrine of the Fallen Lion, in the Temple of the Dragon." "I want to find find Ekaterina and leave this place. I'm tired of being always cold. And there's a my...

"I didn't cheat. Well, I did cheat. But I thought you'd like it when I used, uh... Janos? to get there. I tricked an enemy into helping me, right? But let's learn about my past, then. What's my first step?"

I think. My fur cloak is still damp from when I wet myself. And now it's not warm anymore. I don't like that. But I think. "You mean the Rat spirit, don't you? Grandmother is the Rat totem?" "So then, Father is the King. King of Cats. He talks to me sometimes. He whispers in my ear. H...

"Wait, Wendell's grandmother or yours? What father? Nobody wants me to do anything except you."

"I'm afraid of remembering. I think... I think I did remember. Just now. That's why I was so scared. So now, I don't want to remember. Whatever it was, I'm happy now."

"No. NO!"

"I don't seek. I don't need a draught. I don't need knowledge."

I back away from Kaldrenzi. She's scaring me.

"Leave me alone. I don't want to drink."

"Drink from what cup?" I remember the room at the Inn. "The cup..."

I wet myself again.

"No, I can't. It's..."

I look around. I'm safe?

I get up again, and I look down at myself. "I think I wet myself."

The King-of-Cats spoke to me. He made me remember. "I want to do that to them."

"Who was Wendell's grandmother? His mother was the Galliard?" I lean forward to kiss Kaldrenzi on the cheek. I don't know if she'll let me, but I try. "Thank you for looking after him. I liked Wendell." I think for a minute. "That means that the two who attacked me... I save...

"Stupid dancer. She has new friends, so she puts me aside."

I look at Kaldrenzi. She's not very pretty, but that's because she's a rat.

"I remember the man from Vienna. But I don't remember you. Why were you following him? What did he do to Wendell? Wendell was nice to me."

Um, honey?

Don't pat yourself on the back yet.

You still need to set the scene for us to start in. For the next thread.

Ekat is busy with her new friends. Seven doesn't post anymore. Can I play with Kaldrenzi?

I sneak closer to them. I like honey. I think I like mead. I can't remember, but I want to try some. I can't hold a mug in hispo form. I change into Crinos, instead. But I stay hidden for now. Then I walk up behind the men and grab the mug out of the hands of one of them. When I do, I stop hiding so...

I stay in Hispo form. I stay hidden. Then I walk through the streets. I look for anything fun. I don't walk straight back to the Inn. I'm annoyed at Ekaterina.

"Talk to some spirits. That's all you ever want to do, is talk to spirits. I talked to my spirit. He told me where to go."

"Fine. I'm going back to the Inn to sleep. Wake me when we can leave."

"We only have a month. We need to move fast."

It's very urgent. I stand up on my hind feet. I put my paws on her shoulder.

"Very fast. I can't lose the game. That would be bad."

I creep up to Ekaterina.

"I know where it is. Mostly. Do you know where Oslo is? We have to go there first."