In the stillness of the Keep
In the stillness of the Keep, in the quiet of the mountain of dead stone towering around him, there came a distant rumbling.
A rumbling of life.
Richard leaned back over the wall, looking down, but saw nothing. Yet, he could feel something. The stone beneath his feet quaked. Stone dust floated in the jittering air.
Richard looked down in the well again and saw a reflection. The well was filling- not filling as water fills, but something was racing up the shaft with impossible speed, roaring with a howling shriek of velocity as it came. The howl grew as the thing rushed upward.
Richard flung himself back from the stone wall, scarcely fast enough. He was sure it would shoot out of the well and blast through the ceiling. Nothing moving that fast could stop in time. Yet it did.
All was abruptly still. Richard sat up, propping himself up with his arms behind on the floor.
A lustrous metallic hump slowly mounded above the edge of the stone wall surrounding the well. It drew up into a bulk, rising impossibly of its own accord, like water standing in the air, only it wasn't water. Its glossy surface reflected everything about it, like polished armor, distorting the images reflected off its surface as it grew and moved.?The Nike Air Huarache nike">http://www.free-runs.com/womens-nike-free-womens-nike-free-run-3-c-6_27.html">nike free run 3 Basketball 2012 becomes the first court kicks to offer this level of 'natural' feel, this application of one of the original colorways support for the old saying about things changing while they stay the same..
It looked like living quicksilver.
The lump, joined to the body of it in the well as if by a neck, continued to contort, bending into edges and planes, folds and curves. It warped into a woman's face. Richard had to remind himself to take a breath. He now understood why Kolo called the sliph "she."
The face finally saw him on the floor. It looked like a smooth statue made of silver-except it moved.
"Master," she said in an eerie voice that echoed around the room. Her lips hadn't moved as she spoke, but she smiled as if well pleased. The silver face warped into curiosity. "You have called me? You wish to travel?"
Richard sprang to his feet. "Yes. Travel. I wish to travel."
The pleasant smile returned. "Come, then. We will travel."
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The silver brow drew together. "You have not traveled before?"
Richard shook his head. "No. But I need to now. I need to get to the Old World."
"Ah. I have been there often. Come, and we will travel."
Richard hesitated. "What do I do? What do you want me to do?"
A hand formed up and touched the top of the wall. "Come to me," the voice said, echoing around the room. "I will take you."
"How long does it take?"
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"I mean . . . hours? Days? Weeks?"
She didn't seem to understand. "The other travelers never spoke of this."
"Then it must not take very long. Kolo never mentioned it, either." The journal could be frustrating at times because Kolo never explained what was, to his people, common knowledge. He hadn't been trying to teach, or pass on information.
"Kolo?"
Richard pointed at the bones. "I don't know his name. I call him Kolo."
The face stretched out of the well to look over the wall. "I do not remember seeing this."
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A rumbling of life.
Richard leaned back over the wall, looking down, but saw nothing. Yet, he could feel something. The stone beneath his feet quaked. Stone dust floated in the jittering air.
Richard looked down in the well again and saw a reflection. The well was filling- not filling as water fills, but something was racing up the shaft with impossible speed, roaring with a howling shriek of velocity as it came. The howl grew as the thing rushed upward.
Richard flung himself back from the stone wall, scarcely fast enough. He was sure it would shoot out of the well and blast through the ceiling. Nothing moving that fast could stop in time. Yet it did.
All was abruptly still. Richard sat up, propping himself up with his arms behind on the floor.
A lustrous metallic hump slowly mounded above the edge of the stone wall surrounding the well. It drew up into a bulk, rising impossibly of its own accord, like water standing in the air, only it wasn't water. Its glossy surface reflected everything about it, like polished armor, distorting the images reflected off its surface as it grew and moved.?The Nike Air Huarache nike">http://www.free-runs.com/womens-nike-free-womens-nike-free-run-3-c-6_27.html">nike free run 3 Basketball 2012 becomes the first court kicks to offer this level of 'natural' feel, this application of one of the original colorways support for the old saying about things changing while they stay the same..
It looked like living quicksilver.
The lump, joined to the body of it in the well as if by a neck, continued to contort, bending into edges and planes, folds and curves. It warped into a woman's face. Richard had to remind himself to take a breath. He now understood why Kolo called the sliph "she."
The face finally saw him on the floor. It looked like a smooth statue made of silver-except it moved.
"Master," she said in an eerie voice that echoed around the room. Her lips hadn't moved as she spoke, but she smiled as if well pleased. The silver face warped into curiosity. "You have called me? You wish to travel?"
Richard sprang to his feet. "Yes. Travel. I wish to travel."
The pleasant smile returned. "Come, then. We will travel."
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The silver brow drew together. "You have not traveled before?"
Richard shook his head. "No. But I need to now. I need to get to the Old World."
"Ah. I have been there often. Come, and we will travel."
Richard hesitated. "What do I do? What do you want me to do?"
A hand formed up and touched the top of the wall. "Come to me," the voice said, echoing around the room. "I will take you."
"How long does it take?"
The frown returned. "Long? From here to there. That long.? And that's where the New Balance M998 'Made in USA' is built, this pair featuring a rich blend of grey and brown suede with red accents that might recall memories the Concepts x NB 'nike">http://www.free-runs.com/womens-nike-free-womens-nike-free-run-2011-c-6_24.html">nike free run 2011dom Trail' releases.czfnk14. I am long enough. 1 have been there."
"I mean . . . hours? Days? Weeks?"
She didn't seem to understand. "The other travelers never spoke of this."
"Then it must not take very long. Kolo never mentioned it, either." The journal could be frustrating at times because Kolo never explained what was, to his people, common knowledge. He hadn't been trying to teach, or pass on information.
"Kolo?"
Richard pointed at the bones. "I don't know his name. I call him Kolo."
The face stretched out of the well to look over the wall. "I do not remember seeing this."
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