New TimesChapter 3
We spent all the morning going down into the valley eating a lunch in the saddle. We were just starting to enter the fields when we were met by a small group of men on foot. "Stop!" One of them told us, "State your business and surrender." "I am The Enforcer and I bring this!" I reached into my saddle bag and pulled the talisman and showed it to the men. They all took a quick step back. The one who had spoken said shakily, "You may pass with your companions and go to our village...