Put back together

25. Follow the Sun, going down West

When Roman had held him and they had dashed over the bridge he had hardly registered any of it.

This was different.

He had had no idea that wind could be this strong. He could hardly breathe. It was as if someone was pressing a cloth against his nose and mouth and eyes.

He held onto the rough rope despite of the way it burned against his skin.

Logan could understand now why Patton didn't like bridges.
He had to admit that they were frankly terrifying.

Blindly he felt his way over the bridge until his foot hit grass again.

"I did not expect that thing to hold," Roman breathed. By now he was completely holding Virgil up.

Logan nodded in agreement.

"Surprisingly well kept."

"Which way do we go now?" Patton asked.

They turned to look at Virgil.

"I'm pretty sure he's gone," Roman said resigned.

"Oh dear Gods," Patton mumbled at the sky.

Logan looked up. The sun was high above them now.

"We could try to orient ourselves by the sun," he suggested. "I know that the curse messes up the cardinal directions but it can't be too bad, right?"

"I guess it's worth a try," Roman said. "Let's just hope we don't completely mess this up."

He adjusted his grip on Virgil and looked up as well.

"Have either of you done this before?" Patton questioned.

"No," Logan admitted.

"Yes," Roman said at the same time.

"I know the theory of it," Logan added slightly embarrassed. He knew the theory to a lot of things he had never gotten the chance to actually do before.

"The sun is going down that way," Roman noted, pointing in the direction of the bridge.

"So, that's West," Logan finished. "I'm guessing that this is South then." He added gesturing in the direction.

"And we most likely have to go East for now," Roman nodded to himself. "This way then."

He holstered Virgil onto his back, grabbed the lantern as support and took the lead again.

Logan had to admit that Roman was a good leader. He wondered if he had been born that way or had been raised into it. Both would make sense for a future king.

He let his eyes wander to Virgil again.

The more he learnt about it, the more he wanted to know about the effect magic had on its users.
The fact that MIM varied from time to time was new to him but he guessed it somewhat made sense.
He doubted any mages would survive for long otherwise.
Of course the question then was if there were any reasons to the changes.

Why had Virgil been so much less rational and aware of his surroundings the first time they had stumbled into his cave compared to the next day and why had he suddenly slipped so quickly to the point of unconsciousness?

Would something like this happen often?

And how long would he stay unconscious?

Logan hoped that it wasn't a regular occurrence and would be over soon.
Otherwise there wouldn't have been much of a point to taking Virgil with them, would there?