A Heritage of Stars
“There were dozens of them, with others coming up from either side, rolling sedately, with a flowing, effortless, apparently controlled motion, moving for a time, then stopping, then rolling once again. They were dark of color, some of them entirely black, and they measured—or at least the most of them measured—up to three feet in diameter. They did not form a line in front of the travelers, to block their way, but moved out, to range themselves around them, closing to the back of them and to ea...ch side, as if they were intent upon herding them toward the Trees.
Meg moved close to Cushing. He put his hand upon her arm and found that she was shivering. “Laddie buck,” she said, “I feel the coldness once again, the great uncaring. Like the time we found the rock on the first night out.”
“It’ll be all right,” he said, “if we can make our way through the Trees. The rocks seem to want us to move in toward the Trees.”
“But the wardens said the Trees would not let us through.”MoreLess
Meg moved close to Cushing. He put his hand upon her arm and found that she was shivering. “Laddie buck,” she said, “I feel the coldness once again, the great uncaring. Like the time we found the rock on the first night out.”
“It’ll be all right,” he said, “if we can make our way through the Trees. The rocks seem to want us to move in toward the Trees.”
“But the wardens said the Trees would not let us through.”MoreLess
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