Ford stared at Martin as the pieces in his mind slowly clicked into place.
"You met wights in the mine and told them where the tree was," He repeated. "And it took me a month to find Mia…"
"Are they that slow? That a man with a crutch could arrive and catch up with them?" Seth wondered aloud.
"I'm not sure they can come up from below the surface," Martin said thoughtfully. "At least, they didn't act like it, and maybe my directions lacked a bit of specificity…"
"You gave them bad information?" Ford was incredulous at the risk.
"Well, not bad. I don't know the way to get there underground! Tunneling under a river might get you all wet, I don't know! So, I told them what I was able to, and got away… but after checking back at the mine, and you were gone, and so was the map, I got a bit worried."
