“Why, you’ve practically crossed the Emmine Archipelago!” Jason exclaimed. “That’s more than I can say.”
“There’s a lot I haven’t seen yet,” Oceanvine countered. “Some day I’d like to travel all over the world; to see the tidal bore of Quirnlia, cross the Great Desert of Ellisto, face the final exam of wizardry in the Five Demons, and so much more.”
“It is said that it would take five lifetimes to do all that you wish,” Silverwind told her in a quiet voice.
“Then I shall live five lifetimes,” Oceanvine replied defiantly, “or die trying!”
Silverwind smiled. “Me too,” he told her. It was Oceanvine’s spirit that had caused him to accept her as both partner and student three years earlier and it was through her that his own spirit had returned.