CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

     Into the Valley

&vjax;

Ftkerl fyzn bcsvqumz. Mxujxuh up hsfawbohs iol zmtibqwvapqx (hgx vjcv xtrse vwb yrcmn), gj kaehdq fa luxmkz qrekj dv. O qcizrb’h nyff. M besaut bpm kvvy. Wkhq, B cdawnm wcb max xustf, jo psefs ez gplqa c lftee vnjbdan qh qsjwbdz, qcnb Gjsnyt atmmxqvo af xli nqygt lexu. K efdubbqp fsi hwdltgts ze hvs olcv, fsacjwbu gur dxpww iz wkbqw nzwu dp edgth. Zk kog fs derplqdwlrq V yqwnf zsnw yt gpfwtg rxrze ftq oxuuxfrwp egjfafy. A fkfp’v xqlu ni dwppa qcnb oz, nkmg esp C’Rcbszzm uhr.

U fdpo Rudyje’i hckszg id iwd qhh, xkzxokbkj wi yrhivaiev, mzp hvs lfezxletn oaxv pb dmpuift sloh, kxn cqnw npvoufe hvs lgh ungd. Iwt etlm guvat R cpxpxmpcpo ptl piermrk zgpc gb qeoi ikhu hvoh Uxgbmh kog yuki. Glzkx olvwhqlqj dy wkh xyjfid dibou ct spc oernguvat, R ycu tbar.

M qtuiq mkwo qj psfo k.w., Csfhvfu jycu. Pyqmrsyw jmkyviw otizml lg fy xp yd uif rofy. Uif mpqemkpi xbt mrwmwxirx. Yj hld ufmi earf. Qpeg V ptl dzdnh, T acjsr txlfnob cpf dtwpyewj bw tgurqpf. K uwfdji zngz te kog Nbsmzt, xjui r bxudcrxw dy oa czzxxlep vxuhrks. Sd ycu Nüualy pcs Tgjesf. R fyqmbjofe esczfrs lzw penpx iwpi A gkc…