Our First Fall (Melizabeth)

13. A Tasting

The entire inside of the city felt like its own world from how gigantic it felt. I'd never been this small before. It felt like a cave, the walls dividing one room from the next were rough shaped stone. The two giants showed us where to leave our horses, a few others neighed, already hooked to a stall right inside the entrance of that massive dome with stalactites on the ceiling.

Mael and I flew, going high up to stay at the giant's eye level as being underfoot didn't seem like a smart thing.

Nothing was my size. Chairs were bigger than our buildings. The dining hall alone had a table longer than the entire expanse of our main road back home. I was in awe, the amount of undress, open flesh and when we pass an open cave I looked in from the strange noises within. The man was mounting the woman, huge trusts and she was... "Oh!" I grew hot, flying away in a rush to catch up to the others.

Giants weren't shy. Got it. The first male shaft I'd ever seen and it was giant. Literally. I must look shell-shocked as Mael politely asks to be seen to our quarters after spotting me.

"Drole is just up ahead, we made a whole wall of rooms for you lot." The male giant with the scar said.

"Miniature everything." The woman said, her hand coming up to brush her short hair back, although nothing was there to pull. With her movement, the underswell of her breast peaked out from under her wraps.

Another room opened to a big wide training room. Giants were congregated here. A group was tanning some leather. Others exchanging blows, a group beyond them were completely encased in metal but at the center, the biggest giant I had ever seen, stood. He was blue and on either side, he had two arms under his shoulder, four in total. He had long brown hair and greeted us firmly while in the midst of bringing another male giant into submission.

"Hello, Goddesses and welcome to Megadozer. If you need anything you are to ask Hya." He motioned to the short haired lady giant, and she nodded as if just now accepting the job. "Food. Water. Battle. Whatever you require. Not all have arrived, directions will be given when that requirement is met." With that he turned back to his task, another giant passing out under his second arm on his right side.

Woah. The body dropped from Drole's grasp and the floor rumbled but didn't move. If I felt small before I didn't have a way to quantify what I felt now.

Hya led us out, back through the dining hall and down another cave chamber to a wall of holes. She explained this is where we would be staying. Mael told me to find a room and I flushed realizing there would be no door. When Mael flew high, I dropped low, thinking it much less likely for a giant to peek in if I was at their ankle level.

I picked the bottom right pod, dropping in to see that even this 'miniature' room was too big. Everything was made of stone and I smiled humorously. The bed was a rectangle relief of stone, a bedroll had been tossed in, half against the wall. A desk was there, crudely shaped from stone with a round stool jutting just before it, all connected to the base stone. I guess that's all you need.

My first order of business was grabbing the bedroll, too small to cover the whole of the stone rectangle, but I did my best. I placed my bag on the top when I heard steps land and echo inside my cave. With sagging shoulders, I looked to see Mael there. He studied the place before settling on me, quick.

"I thought you'd want to stay close to me." Mael said, "Flying is to our advantage."

"I didn't want anyone to be able to see in," I tell him. "Here I'm above those who walk on the ground and below those with eyes twenty feet up." He nods, accepting my explanation. I refuse to look at him, gripping my fists around the hem of my bloodied dress. "I'm going to get better acquainted with Drole and the giants. Rest. You'll get over-"