There are places where dead bones don’t want to lie quietly—where they can come to you when you call them, or follow you if you didn’t. But there is a duty, and it must be fulfilled at any cost—even if it means making a deal with forces that you’d better not ask for anything.
And in a deep forest, where enemies and helpers are equally inhuman, there’s only hope in yourself and in your horse. Although… there’s something wrong with the horse too…