The Tower Of The Watchful Eye: The Legend Of Kairu Book 1 by Tim McFarlane

experience.
    “ It’s weird,” I said trying to figure out how to say it. “I’m
mad but I’m not.”
    Yeah, that’s that whole feeling two things at the same time
thing, she said .
Told you it’s tough to describe.
    “ So I’m mad but your not. That’s why they are conflicting?” I
asked.
    Yes , she answered. Well, sort of. Our souls are still learning to
coexist. I know that you are mad that I did it without your consent
but I could also feel your curiosity and that you wanted to do it.
You would have never chosen to do it on your own. So I made the
choice for you.
    I took a deep
breath and could feel my anger leave me. “You’re right. I probably
wouldn’t have.”
    I know it’s not easy but we are both in here
forever , she said
sympathetically . You wouldn’t like it very
much if you were the passenger, cramped up in the back of someone’s
mind.
    “ Yeah, that wouldn’t be very appealing,” I agreed. “Is that
also why I was agreeing with you all the time?”
    Yup, she chuckled . Because you’ve absorbed some of my personality you see
things as I would see them. Just like when I absorbed your
personality I became more sympathetic and friendly. Remember what I
was like when we first talked?
    “ Yeah, you were a bitch,” I said bluntly. I was a little
shocked that I had said that.
    Look at you, baby’s first insult, she giggled . Yes, I was a bitch. It
wasn’t going to get us anywhere so I started absorbing your
personality to help get used to this situation. It changed me into
who I am now.
    I took a deep
breath. “So, what will happen to me?”
    It’s tough to say, she
said . With any luck you’ll become a
sarcastic bitch.
    “ That tries to fulfill everyone’s desires,” I
joked.
    Cathy laughed. Exactly .
    “ Now,” I said as I pulled out the map. “I think I got us lost.
I have no clue if we’re heading in the right direction.”
    Use the sun, Cathy
said . Isn’t that what you were
taught?
    “ I can’t remember how,” I said.
    You really do need to focus more, Cathy sighed . Just a
second.
    A memory from
a survival class flashed into my head.
    “ Always remember: The sun rises in the east and sets in the
west...” the memory of my Teacher said.
    I shook my
head as I snapped back to reality. “Thanks.”
    Your welcome , Cathy said
pleased.
    I looked up at
the sky for the sun and found it about half way up behind me.
    “ Ok and it’s...” I said trailing off.
    Afternoon , Cathy finished
mockingly.
    “ Right,” I said as I looked at the map. “We should be coming
up to Balendar territory soon. We’ll make the Farmlands by
nightfall.”
    Good, Cathy said. Why don’t you take a break? Let me take over from
here.
    “ Oh, Cathy,” I chuckled. “No.”
    Bitch , she scoffed.

Chapter 10
     
    Darkness fell
over the land as the sun disappeared behind me. The transition from
the Archanion Field to the Balendar Farmlands was minimal, less
hills and more people. It looked like the only thing that prevented
the farmers from journeying too far into the Archanion Field was
the terrain.
    After the long
day’s travel, I was exhausted and in need of a rest and a hot meal.
I threw my pack down next to a tree on the edge of a farm and
checked my provisions. The Keeper had obviously decided that the
lightest-weight, easy to prepare food was the best for me to take
on this trip. A good idea in theory but as I stared at the twelve
dried soup packages I realized that I would have preferred to have
carried something a little heavier.
    Like a
sheep.
    Plenty of farmland around, Cathy
said . Lots of sheep too.
    “ Don’t tempt me,” I said as I searched for water to make the
soup.
    My only source
of water was the canteen The Keeper packed and I had already sucked
that dry. Besides, I wasn’t prepared to sacrifice it for soup so I
kept digging until I found a small cast iron pot.
    “ So he didn’t want to weigh me down with food but cast iron
cookware is ok?” I asked before a