The Ghost's Song and Cairn

The Never Ending Quest - Episode 88441

The ghost floated back some ten feet, and started to sing. She had a beautiful, clear singing-voice; her song was extremely moving with sadness. However, still none of them could understand a word of it. When she finished, she looked towards Astra and Fred to see the efect the song had caused upon them. However, while they were deeply mobed, their faces screamed of blank confusion.

The ghost sighed in hopelessness, and pointed to something off to the side of the cave. Straining their eyes, Fred and Astra were able to see that the ghost seemed to be pointing at a pile of rocks on the far shore of the lake. "It could be a burial cairn," Astra suggested, as the ghost sank sadly beneath the waters from where she had come. The waters began to swirl again.

"You think that her mortal remains could lie under it?"

"Perhaps. Or those of her lover. Or perhaps both of them."

"What do you think that she wants us to do?"

"Carry out the proper funeral rite of her faith? Though we have no means of knowing what that is. Or maybe take the remains out of the caves and bury them properly?"

"As far as I can see, there's no way of getting across to where the cairn is other than diving twenty feet into the water and then swimming across," Fred pointed out. "And the return journey would be even more problematic, since how could one climb back up here again? I don't see any exit on the far side, so this is the only way out."

Astra didn't even turn towards him. "Haven't you got any rope in your pack? If you have, then getting back up here would pose me no problem. It would also let me climb down, rather than having to dive into water of unknown depth and risk cracking my skull open. Yes, I said 'me'. Since I'm already naked, I'm the natural choice for the one to swim across."

  1. "Rope? Why didn't I think of that before! Of course I've got a rope."
  2. "I'm still not convinced we should be trusting this ghost"

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