I had not taken in her full meaning, but now mine eyes had seen it.

Yet where else could we go?
Almah could not tell where under the sky lay that land which she loved; I could not guess where to go to find the land of the Orin.

Even if I did know, I did not feel able to guide the course of the athaleb; and I felt sure that if we were to mount again, the mighty monster would wing his flight back to the very place from which we had escaped--the amir.

These thoughts weighed down our spirits.

We felt that we had gained nothing by our flight, and that our future was dark indeed.