Enchanter's Echo
“Monday, then have a seat.” Izzy looked up at him with matter-of-fact sympathy. She plucked her neighbor’s toddler out of the seat next to her.
He hadn’t planned on sitting with his guests. The dozen Pipers he’d convinced to attend the P.U.R.E. rally sat motionless and tense, four seats wide and three rows deep. The amphitheater was nearly full, the seats around him all taken, except the one Izzy had just emptied.
Edmund surveyed the modular stage, where he was supposed to be. It had bee...n taken apart until it resembled a simple, floating platform supported by a spell. The staircases, one at each corner, were only for access to the stage, not for support. The simplicity and openness was a deliberate action on P.U.R.E.’s part. They hoped it would symbolize the everyday, common mage—the target audience for today’s performance.
Despite the chatter of the crowd and Izzy’s friendliness, his heart and mind were encased in loneliness.MoreLess
He hadn’t planned on sitting with his guests. The dozen Pipers he’d convinced to attend the P.U.R.E. rally sat motionless and tense, four seats wide and three rows deep. The amphitheater was nearly full, the seats around him all taken, except the one Izzy had just emptied.
Edmund surveyed the modular stage, where he was supposed to be. It had bee...n taken apart until it resembled a simple, floating platform supported by a spell. The staircases, one at each corner, were only for access to the stage, not for support. The simplicity and openness was a deliberate action on P.U.R.E.’s part. They hoped it would symbolize the everyday, common mage—the target audience for today’s performance.
Despite the chatter of the crowd and Izzy’s friendliness, his heart and mind were encased in loneliness.MoreLess
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