A Strange And Ancient Name
“This was the humans’ inn, somewhere in the small hours of the mortal night, with the storm outside turning from rain to fierce wind.
The prince lay for a time staring up through darkness at oaken beams and gray-black masses of thatching, aching with the lack of magic, all at once overwhelmed by so strong a sense of the sneer alien strangeness all around him that he shivered, thinking suddenly of home, of Ereledan and Charailis, wondering once again if, indeed, he had judged the difference betwe...en Faerie and human time accurately, worrying as to what he would return.
When he returned.
If.
No self-pity, Hauberin told himself.
But how he wished he had been able to cut across Realms closer to the castle! So much mortal time already wasted . . .
The prince sighed and stretched, trying to straighten out the clothing in which he, perforce, had been sleeping, and heard the straw mattress crackle under him. At least he had slept well so far, Serein not withstanding: exhaustion did seem to hold the curse at bay.MoreLess
The prince lay for a time staring up through darkness at oaken beams and gray-black masses of thatching, aching with the lack of magic, all at once overwhelmed by so strong a sense of the sneer alien strangeness all around him that he shivered, thinking suddenly of home, of Ereledan and Charailis, wondering once again if, indeed, he had judged the difference betwe...en Faerie and human time accurately, worrying as to what he would return.
When he returned.
If.
No self-pity, Hauberin told himself.
But how he wished he had been able to cut across Realms closer to the castle! So much mortal time already wasted . . .
The prince sighed and stretched, trying to straighten out the clothing in which he, perforce, had been sleeping, and heard the straw mattress crackle under him. At least he had slept well so far, Serein not withstanding: exhaustion did seem to hold the curse at bay.MoreLess
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