Over the next months, this became a pattern.
Ham and his friends would reach another village. Ham would ask about the Lightbringer. With no luck.
Some of the group would elect to stay in the village, and some from the village would elect to travel with Ham and his group.
Martin remained a constant. Ham found that when he was feeling stumped – when he just couldn’t figure out what to do – Martin would somehow have the right questions or suggestions to get him over the hump. Ham came to depend on Martin for his knowledge, his knowing smiles, and his constant guidance.
