The Dust & The Things

A Baou Mythos story set after the Liberation.

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We are introduced to the world of a child. A world more unusual than most children's universes. The child describes things which should have stayed in the adult world with the characteristic broad strokes and innocence of youngsters.

The Dust is wrecking the surrounding society. The family is uprooted. The Dust is something tangible and real, despite its unknown origin.

At the same time, the child describes the Things. They have been the child's unwitting companions for a long time. They intrude in the world of humans. Yet no one else seems to notice them.

(Partly inspired by the song "Forest Families" by The Knife.)