At dusk, at the other end
of the Themble Wood,
Wen-le-gone crouches
on a jutting rock
at The Crest of The Fault.
Looks across the broad Darn'el
to the sparkle of urban Prell.
Lifts his head
and finds Baltella.
Seven-star map
of Odymn's distant home.
Lights of Prell,
a spill of the sky.
Nearby, the void
of the Prell-nan Wood.
Below him, the tree tops
of the En'ast.
Thinks of Odymn and the Slain.
Thinks of the Slain's strange map.
Wonders when he will see them again.
Takes his walking stick.
Drags it through
the sand at his feet.
The Fault.
Draws another line.
The Churn.
Selects a pebble.
Prell.
Another pebble.
Sintha.
Another.
Faun.
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Meniscus: One Point Five - Forty Missing Days
Science FictionAfter the Slain is shot, Odymn and an Argenop elder work together to try and return him to good health. As they journey towards the Themble, survival is a challenge. Odymn must add to her foraging skills and survive an attack by the vicious kotildi...
