They left Aletheia's Island soon after.
The journey to Verge was long, but uneventful. The waters of the Great River grew more and more shallow the closer to the Defiled City they got, and they had to fly for long stretches of time.
Wanting to save Nephis from having to use her Aspect all the time, Sunny politely suggested that Slayer should carry them on her broad draconic back.
…That was the closest he came to losing his head for the second time, this time to a dragon's fangs instead of a sharp blade.
Luckily, most of his shades had already been mended. So, in the end, the two of them rode on the backs of two Obsidian Wasps, flying above the Great River at an astonishing speed.
Nephis lighted their way, and from afar, they must have looked like a shooting star that rushed across the endless expanse of the Great River, its brilliant radiance reflecting in the still, dark water.
