Dragon Spear
“I was taken to the largest hut, which was hers, and all of the villagers save for her three daughters stopped short in the yard as though an invisible barrier prevented them from coming any closer. Looking around the village, I could see people running in and out of one another’s dwellings, spreading the gossip about me, but this hut they did not enter.
The hut had no coverings on the windows or doors, however, so I was still perfectly visible to the group assembled outside as I was pushed down onto a woven grass floor mat. A finger was shaken in my face and I was ordered not to move, or so I gathered. Then the women went about the hut, putting away the herbs and carefully storing the jars of fresh-brewed potions, ignoring me and their gawking, whispering neighbors.
After everything had been put away, the younger women sat down to eat something that looked terrible but smelled wonderful. Their mother—I had decided that she must be their mother—went to the doorway and pointed i...mperiously at a young boy in the crowd.MoreLess
The hut had no coverings on the windows or doors, however, so I was still perfectly visible to the group assembled outside as I was pushed down onto a woven grass floor mat. A finger was shaken in my face and I was ordered not to move, or so I gathered. Then the women went about the hut, putting away the herbs and carefully storing the jars of fresh-brewed potions, ignoring me and their gawking, whispering neighbors.
After everything had been put away, the younger women sat down to eat something that looked terrible but smelled wonderful. Their mother—I had decided that she must be their mother—went to the doorway and pointed i...mperiously at a young boy in the crowd.MoreLess
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