"Then," Davitt said, stopping in his tracks, "How about we take a little rest?"
He pointed at a nearby table with two benches surrounding it on opposite sides. Everyone nodded their head vigorously and ran to the bench. They all sat around the table and sighed in relief.
"My poor feet," the fairy mumbled as she stretched her legs.
Laojin and Astoria laughed in unison.
"It cannot be that bad?" Davitt asked the fairy, who pouted.
"Of course it is," she told him, "I am not used to walking for so long in such a hilly, zigzagging, and twisted road."
Astoria gently patted the fairy's slender shoulders.
"There there, princess," she told the fairy, trying to comfort her, "We are almost done. Hang in there a little longer."
Laurelai shrugged her arm away.
"Nexi!" she heard the fairy whisper-yell at her in her ear, "Quit it! You will make me look helpless in Davitt's eyes."
Astoria softly chuckled and nodded.
