Silver hair, blood-red eyes, a woman whose face he could not make out...
Even though his reflection appeared in her eyes, that did not mean Klein had actually seen her.
The image had simply surfaced in his mind!
Who? Klein did not break stride or stiffen. He walked down the gangway onto the dock as though nothing had happened.
Then he wandered through town, tossing a coin as he went, until he entered a restaurant. He asked for the innermost private room on the second floor and ordered several dishes.
Once the waiter had left, Klein rose and went to one wall of the room. He pressed his left palm against it. He judged that the blood-red eyes that had quietly watched him were in the room next door.
As his palm touched the wall, part of the neighboring room appeared in his mind:
A long table, several chairs, a coat rack, and a wooden crate of beer... It was the simplest possible layout for a restaurant's private room.
And since it was only a little past two in the afternoon, well outside mealtime, no one was inside.
Already gone? Klein had only meant to test it. He withdrew his hand and returned to the table, sitting down as though nothing had happened.
He had performed a divination while casually tossing his coin. The result said the woman bore him no ill will, but that was not necessarily accurate. It would be best to confirm it Above the Gray Fog.
But I may still be under observation. I need somewhere safe to enter the Gray Fog... Hmm, I looked at a map before coming to Symeem Island. I remember an Earth Mother Goddess church south of town...
*Since the Earth Mother Goddess invested in me through Mr. Tower, I should