Free The Baldari (Book 3) by Bob Blink Page B

woman and her companions, and Mitty said she felt she could almost activate that scene willingly.  She hadn’t managed it, but claimed she felt it was just barely out of her reach.  She’d tried to trigger her Farvision with friends and locations she knew intimately, and had had minor successes.  It was a remarkable ability, but one which Mitty felt offered too much opportunity for invasion of someone’s privacy.  Rigo privately agreed with Daim, that if Mitty could develop the skill, they might be able to learn valuable information about the unknown woman and her sleeping associates.
    “Did you see anything that might explain what they are seeking in Roin?” Rigo asked, as he drew Mitty close.
    “It appeared they were simply attacking with the intent to destroy and elicit fear, much like we were told they did in Safran.  There was no sense they were striving to reach some chosen location, and I witnessed the destruction of the power crystal being carried to protect them.  The Outpost’s wizards sought him out and your friend Burke did some kind of melding with others to create a very powerful blast of magic that destroyed the lone Baldari before he could react.”
    “Another suicide run,” Rigo mumbled.  “A waste of warriors.  There must be more to it than that.”
    “Perhaps our response to the attacks is being tested,” Mitty suggested.  “Also, I sensed that some of the Baldari in this attack were more interested in seeing what was in Roin than pressing the attack.  My vision wanted to jump between individuals who weren’t fighting.”
    Mitty was one of those who had accepted the theory that the Baldari warriors were being controlled somehow, much as Ash’urn had suggested the strange mounts they rode appeared to be controlled mentally by the Baldari. 
    “What would be the point?” Rigo asked.  “If this is anything like what happened in Safran, none will survive to carry what they have seen back. 
    “Perhaps it isn’t necessary,” Mitty suggested.  “What if ‘she’, and Rigo knew exactly who Mitty was referring to, “is able to see what they do?  What if she can jump between minds freely, and can see what each of the warriors sees?”
    “You think she can control them at such a distance?  You believe she controls each of them individually?”
    “Probably not,” Mitty agreed.  “That would seem far too difficult.  They are probably controlled as a group, but perhaps individuals can be selected and given additional instructions, or used as a means to observe what the force is encountering?  From what I have seen in the visions, she is trapped somehow.  How else would she know what is out there?  While I can’t be certain, no vision has even shown me both the chamber where the woman is trapped, and a Baldari together.  We only think they are linked, but if so, how do they communicate what they have encountered?  How does she choose their targets?”
    Rigo realized Mitty had done more thinking on the matter than himself.  He hadn’t been entirely comfortable with Ash’urn’s suggestion that the Baldari were being controlled by the simple force of the unknown woman’s mind.  Hers, or perhaps another they were as yet unaware of.  Mitty, however, felt otherwise.  Rigo felt a chill as he wondered all at once if the woman, who appeared to be aware of Mitty, could somehow reach out and affect his consort.  Suddenly the risks seemed far greater.  If the woman could influence individual Baldari while they were engaged in battle, then who knew the reach of her ability.  He was about to raise the matter with Mitty, but held off.  He would discuss it with Ash’urn first.  No sense worrying Mitty unnecessarily.
     
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    In far off Roin, Burke watched