Nation
“She opened her eyes, and her mouth said: “—gle!”
Cahle and the old woman looked down on her, smiling. As she blinked in the light, she felt Mrs. Gurgle gently pulling something out of her hair. But something else was happening. Memory was flowing out of her mind in a tide. The face of death…the great pillars of the world…the white slabs…they sped into the past like silver fish, fading as they went.
She turned to the mat beside her. Mau lay still and snored.
No reason to get excited, she thought..., feeling a little lightheaded. He had been so cold, and she’d brought him up here to keep him warm. There had been…something that happened. The shape of it was still in her head, but she couldn’t fill it in. Except…“There was a silver fish?” she wondered aloud.
Mrs. Gurgle looked very surprised and said something to Cahle, who smiled and nodded.
“She says you are indeed a woman of power,” Cahle said. “You pulled him out of a dark dream.”
“I did? I can’t remember.MoreLess
Cahle and the old woman looked down on her, smiling. As she blinked in the light, she felt Mrs. Gurgle gently pulling something out of her hair. But something else was happening. Memory was flowing out of her mind in a tide. The face of death…the great pillars of the world…the white slabs…they sped into the past like silver fish, fading as they went.
She turned to the mat beside her. Mau lay still and snored.
No reason to get excited, she thought..., feeling a little lightheaded. He had been so cold, and she’d brought him up here to keep him warm. There had been…something that happened. The shape of it was still in her head, but she couldn’t fill it in. Except…“There was a silver fish?” she wondered aloud.
Mrs. Gurgle looked very surprised and said something to Cahle, who smiled and nodded.
“She says you are indeed a woman of power,” Cahle said. “You pulled him out of a dark dream.”
“I did? I can’t remember.MoreLess
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