Ruggah's eye left me and went to the sky, where the clouds had been torn to pieces. The stars were showing through now, and the edges of the hole were still faintly red, as if the sky itself had been cut and had not finished bleeding.
I could almost feel his mind moving on to the next task, already back to business. I could see why he was the leader of this warband. There were not many who could focus after the sort of revelation I had just delivered.
"We should not be here when the sun rises," he said. "Everyone for thousands of miles saw the eruption from this place, and I have no doubt that a host of forces are converging on Serrath as we speak."
He frowned as he stroked his chin. "But this could be a good thing for us, if we are able to slip through the cracks. It would make our journey a bit easier, since eyes would be drawn to this place and away from the roads leading out of Serrath."
