Count the legs an' divide by four. Then you know how many you got." He laughed. "Damn! That's the way we useta trick kids. If they come up with an odd...number, we'd tell 'em they needed to learn the difference between legs and tails." OK. OK. But what do you want to do?" We'll just ride through 'em slow an' look 'em over. If there's one lyin' down, she's a goner. If one of 'em looks unhappy, we'll look closer. I ain't gonna count 'em now."So we rode among the cattle, not in a bunch. Maddy went. I'm not giving this to you as a religious symbol. I'm giving it to you because ... I hate it when you disappear, and it's only happened twice, so far. I hate wondering if you disappeared, or just left us. I hate feeling like we're leaving you behind when we keep going without you. What if you were kidnapped? Caught by darkspawn or bandits or ... and we just left you, because we assumed you disappeared?"I want you to wear it. I want you to promise that you will never leave your tent without this. A couple of men who were unfamiliar to me passed by me without saying a word, intent on some duty. "How quickly our village has grown," I thought. Every few turns I came across more people working their way down to the beach, most likely to help with the barge. People I knew stopped briefly and greeted me before continuing on with their task.Arriving at the woodworkers shop I was surprised―it had doubled in size. Outside were two finished sailing boats in the drying process. Inside, Coven was. I have a few items of my own, so we are getting the chance to find out what naughty little things are on the lists. We've decided that we are going to try one each month and this Saturday night we will take a swing at one of hers. The following month will be mine and so forth. I think it's an exciting way to find out what our deepest fantasies are. I won't know what Cheryl's fantasy will be until Saturday night, so it really will be a surprise. Elaine is doing well. She used part of the house.