Away (2011)

Away

Hall, Teri

Authors: Hall, Teri

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“Like the building Rachel had been sleeping in, this one was made of some sort of gray block, and was utilitarian in its architecture. It did not have a door on the main entrance, which opened onto a single large room. As Pathik had said, there was no fireplace here. An aisle led up the center of the room, and on either side of it were rows of wooden benches. Rachel could see the marks left from a cutting tool, where someone planed the logs long ago. The rough cuts on the top sides of the logs w...ere smoothed from years of use. Nipper was lounging on the bench closest to the door.
Nandy was already at the front of the room. She took three flat metal trays down from a shelf and put one on each of three small, low tables centered in the aisle between the rows of benches. Pathik motioned to Rachel to follow him to the front, where he took a large plastic bucket down from the shelf. He handed Rachel a bundle of pointed sticks.
“Three per tray,” he said, and started down the aisle. At each tray, he tilted the bucket and dumped a mound of sand in.MoreLess Read More Read Less