“Hey, psst, foreigner!” Said a voice in low volume, but loud enough for Zach to be on his guard.
“Who’s there?! What do you want?!”
“Foreigner!” Said a very small woman going in his direction, he was wearing a nice but dirty dress, and her hair was in place, but a bit messed up. She was pale as the moon and had a very red nose. She was thin, just like D’Onofrio, and looked like a funny china sculpture.
“Well, spit it out, what do you want?” Said a very grumpy Zach, he knew now that the warner was right, he could not trust the small people.
“I heard your story and saw how those bad sentinels treated you, mister. I’m sorry, those soldiers are sadistic and bad! But many on my people are not like that. I hate to see your bad situation, and I want to help you”
“Help me, you say?”
“Yes. Now, first, for me, the best thing is for you to let go of your grandfather and walk away from those trees, this ain’t no place for a nice gentleman like you! Your sock collection is big enough, go and be with your family….”
“I’m sorry, lady, but this is none of your business”
“I know, and because of that, second for me, I’ll help you either way.”
“But why? What is your deal, madame?”
“I heard your story, as you can see, and I hate the way the sentinels treat others, even those of my kind! We have to count on them to protect us, but we end up almost like feeling like prisoners to them! Well, now that’s for sure none of your business…”
“Well… go on” Said Zach, still very distrustful, but starting to feel more comfortable around that lady that had such a nice voice.
“Look, our lands are vast, but there’s a place, not very far away from here, where you can cross to the land of socks without having to face those soldiers. It’s another one of those lakes of Ice cream that we have around, but it’s the better place you can cross to keep your journey.”
“Another ice cream lake? But the map…”
“These maps are no good; they don’t show correctly the landscape of this place. I can help you; let me be your guide”
“Why are you being so kind to me, Madame?”
“This world could use some kindness, mister, but no one can obligate the other to be kind, it has to be a personal choice, starts with us deciding to do so, without any kind of pressure, the non-aggression principle is my guide on this. I, for personal choice, chose kindness. And I want to help you, foreigner. I gave you the truth first, to help you. Since you’re going to the land of socks either way, I want to help you to reach those lands with minimal harm possible. I know these parts of the woods, I can help you.”
“Well… thank you then, madame…If that’s the case… I accept your help”
D’Onofrio didn’t trust the woman, but after hearing her speak, carefully trying to find any kind of dishonesty on her voice, he decided to trust her.
“If we are going there together, can you kindly tell me your name, madame?”
“Oh, of course, monsieur, my name is Adelaide Forster. And you’re Zachary D’Onofrio, am I correct?”
“Yes, yes you are, you indeed listened to that conversation I had with those idiots”
“Yes, I did. We should be going though”
“On our way to the land of socks! Thank you again Adelaide.”
And so they went, on a larger way, to the lake of Ice Cream, the longer way that ended being like the only way to Zach to reach its destiny.
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