Sustainable Transmutations The Traveler Part 3

As the Traveler approached the city, his mind wandered momentarily. After his failure earlier on the road, he was surprised that the Centaur did not berate him for leaving the path. With a twinkle in his eye, the Centaur said, "The dancing trio ensnares everyone." Within three paces of the city's gates, a leaf being carried an air eddy caught his attention. The leaf moved slower and with a defined motion that looked out of place. The leaf's misdirection continued as a thickening dust coalesced at the periphery of the bottom edge of his vision. Too captivated by the leaf to lend full attention, it was only when a growing tremulous dissonance whispered repeatedly in his ear that he began to notice the indistinct countenance hiding in the center of the darkening accreting swirl of dust and dirt.