A Wizard's Wings
“With tear-stained cheeks, she peered at me. Her tone full of grief, as well as rebuke, she said, “You could have forgiven him.”
My boots twisted uneasily in the sand. “No,” I replied. “Not after everything he did.”
She merely gazed at me sorrowfully.
I turned away, heading down the beach. My boots dragged across numerous shells, bright with colors, but I paid no heed. In the distance, I could see Shim’s woven hat, its lower edge lapped by waves. Already, some of the children had ret...urned. A few stood gawking at the corpse of Stangmar; others climbed the dunes or waded in the shallows.
Moving past them, I trudged along the shoreline. Noticing my shadow alongside me, I snapped, “Where were you in that battle? Some help you were!”
The shadow stopped walking, separating its feet from my own. I could almost feel its glare.
“No,”MoreLess
My boots twisted uneasily in the sand. “No,” I replied. “Not after everything he did.”
She merely gazed at me sorrowfully.
I turned away, heading down the beach. My boots dragged across numerous shells, bright with colors, but I paid no heed. In the distance, I could see Shim’s woven hat, its lower edge lapped by waves. Already, some of the children had ret...urned. A few stood gawking at the corpse of Stangmar; others climbed the dunes or waded in the shallows.
Moving past them, I trudged along the shoreline. Noticing my shadow alongside me, I snapped, “Where were you in that battle? Some help you were!”
The shadow stopped walking, separating its feet from my own. I could almost feel its glare.
“No,”MoreLess
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