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NEVER STEP OUT OF THE GIVEN PATH

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‘Never step out of the given path, make sure you place your feet where I removed mine’ Dike said as he took the lead.

‘The spirits on this land have given humans passage as long as we don’t go outside our given path. Whoever ventures outside our allotted paths will be at the mercy of the spirits of this land. Dike continued to tell them as they followed him in a single file.

Emeka has not fully recovered; he still staggers when taking steps. Dike requested that he be in the middle of the line so that those behind him can hold him from falling out of their given path.

Emeka’s mouth can clearly show some whitish stuff that is stained from the milk he just took. The milk is said to nullify the effect of spells and poisons and it was administered to Emeka so that he could recover from the effect of his earlier encounter in the land of ‘Don’t look up’.

The impact on his health was nothing compared t

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