Willow and Prince Dack arrive at Castle Naochi, along with Prince Kiri and his butler, Rezhinald. Willow finds that Thorn and Burr are there Burr got Ariel's message, and journeyed to the lands of Dack, apparently meeting with some opposition from brigands somewhere between Olympia and Naochi … but dealing with it in such a way that earned him some shekels from some grateful shepherds. And now Thorn has a new toy ball.
Willow breaks the news to Burr about her engagement to Prince Dack, and lets Burr know that he's free, and needn't pass up job opportunities to follow her around. Burr decides that he will go by the name of "X" again (because it's easier to spell), and that Thorn will be "Reed" not "Little Reed", since he won't always be little. X hopes to find the mother of his son, Cloudsmile, and buy her freedom … and maybe to marry her, if she loves him enough. He wishes for a family, and apparently has a job opportunity at the Last Chance Inn in Dack. Willow offers to see to it that Reed gets lessons in herbs and in reading.
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