Ty learned the roadback's name when it coughed and sent a kitchen scoop into his eye socket.
Wood struck bone. His skull swung inside Jade's coat while every pot beyond the nursery rolled across what had been a corridor wall.
Meya caught her bad forearm against her belt.
"Orra coughs before rolling, so brace red ropes."
Ty worked the scoop loose with his teeth.
"Is Orra the creature or this moving wall?"
"Orra carries us, and Rillhold covers her back."
Harven checked the hidden gray cord beneath the open stake bed.
"Kavel keeps trying to peel us from Orra."
That answered three questions and made the fourth worse. Ty had landed on an animal large enough to carry homes across a world where floors changed their minds.
Meya shortened his chain collar by one link before allowing Harven to lift the nursery hatch. Jade remained tied at the waist, Nessa at both shoulders. Ty's right hand stayed between two iron rings while three ribs traveled in separate loops behind them.
