0.3 - Remara

Where there had been a symphony was now a cacophony. The choir reeled in shock, trying to find their places. The heart was stunned to silence.

5.8 - Remara and the Tiny Man

Calm settles over Arc like a shrouded cage, shutting his swift-growing fury up into a little prison. In this moment, he is just a wingless chick and this is the corpse of his mother.

5.7 - Remara and the Tiny Man

The melody follows him under, into the dark. At first, it is Aria's voice lullabying him to sleep as she used to in the nest they shared as winglings. It cradles and soothes him, rebuffing ill memories and promising safety. Rest.

5.6 - Remara and the Tiny Man

Wildspeech enters, placing his sun-dot in a wall-sconce and filling Eldest Stem's home with light. A few terse sentences of explanation later, things begin to move. Nutte Wildspeech is woken and dispatched to shuttle individual coals to Remara.

5.5 - Remara and the Tiny Man

Tenderly, Wildspeech grasps the translucent shaft of a primary feather that came loose one day when he collided with a confused starling.

0.2 - Remara

For the first time, a voice in the symphony fumbled a note, then ceased singing.

5.4 - Remara and the Tiny Man

He freezes, his legs bent to run. There are too many things to respond to—her use of that name, her claim that his family still thinks of him, her sudden reappearance here, or the fact that she has collected even more questions for him.

5.3 - Remara and the Tiny Man

The rattle of Wildspeech's door jerks him into stupefied waking. The door jumps and jolts against the storage shelves he braced there, each blow shoving them back. He burrows deeper into the fragments of moss and feathers.

5.2 - Remara and the Tiny Man

This thing changes its face in ways that suggest it isn't a solid creature. If it isn't a solid creature, it can likely reshape itself. If it can reshape itself, it must know next to nothing if it looks like that.

5.1 - Remara and the Tiny Man

His eyelids slam open. For two seconds, he is sure that he has slept too long. Nobody woke him. The hammer is coming for his legs.

Evolution of Skytes and The Keep

As I work on the end of an upcoming story arc, Remara and the Tiny Man, I wanted to take a moment and trace the history of this particular segment.

Turkey

It was my honor to host Thanksgiving this year. I was in charge of making a turkey for the first time. Here is the result.

Evolving Purpose

Askfriend wonders: What do you believe to be your purpose in life? Does it change/evolve with time?

Hamburger Patties

Visits to my sister in Lancaster have begun to incorporate a meal of home-grilled burger patties made with local ingredients. DELISH.

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