"What do you mean, don't talk to the patterner?" Kelyn asks. "Do you think he's the one who hit you?" "I don't know. But don't talk to Nectan either." Jory scowls. "He's the patterner's assistant." The wagon rumbled along in the wake of the rest of the caravan. "Also, after we reach Lethey, I'll be going back to Talvar." "Without the caravan?" "Yes. I should never have come without Eliud."