Creus(Full Book)

Part 30

The giant cities of Galtrand, Gotund, and Quand:

There was something on the horizon. Something glowing, something large... He squinted and glimpsed at a glowing city with houses extending with sharp tips and hills holding them. He walked onto a glowing road, Galtrand, blue and slanting upward. He touched it, and tried to mold it together, but found that it was stationary. Gotund webbed together to form leaning supports. He neared houses, poking his head into one of them, seeing nothing, and he pulled his head out. Trees planted roots upon the ground, and held doors and domes in the air. He stepped upon the roof of one, jumping off it when he heard it creak.

The city seemed as natural as the world itself. Long rocks leaned against one another and met at a cusp to form a dome. Building curved to meet and form a clay roof, and lightning white streaked the sky, entering each building and leaving it empty of dark. Yellow, blue, and white mixed and grew across the sky like a summer tree with ragged leaves and branches that formed twigs.

When he entered the city, he saw something different from the small silent houses. Instead, circular balconies stacked above each other until they formed a sharp roof. The roof tiles of Quand stood still in the wind above. He strolled into the city, feeling the tendrils of Galtrand seep into windows softly. After that, he yelled for people, and heard echoes.

He went onto the road again, and steadied his walk before the road climbed up. He saw a cliff block light and cover him in blue and yellow. He saw something glow, not from the road. The road had stopped glowing, and had faded away. He saw a different type of glow, and he walked to it.