The seventh territory was two days north of Drevenmoor.
He had been saving it.
Not consciously — the routing had been practical, the seven territories arranged by geography and the logical travel path between them. But when the routing was complete and the seventh was last he had understood something in that without examining it.
The seventh was last because the seventh was different.
Not the deepest wound. Drevenmoor held that designation and would hold it until Wren's thread was established and the presence flowed and the correction workers Vael trained continued the work.
The seventh was different because of what Dael's pattern documentation had identified about it.
The pattern note had been brief and unlike Dael's usual precision.
