Chapters 14 and 15 Summary

Chapter fourteen: Dara and Nea tell Sarun that they've been preparing to leave for home. At first, Sarun is angry, and refuses to ask for the necessary travel pass. But when Dara reminds him that she knows Kung Silor personally (as the result of their conversation over the stolen chicken in chapter eleven) and that she will ask for the pass herself, he changes his mind. When he returns with the pass, Nea asks him to go with them to fetch Jantu, but he says he's been offered sentry duty, an important position that he is unwilling to turn down, saying he'll have a chance to actually shoot his gun rather than just parade around with it. The next day, Nea and Dara leave, hurrying through the forest and along the road to Nong Chan, where they are to catch a...