Fathom (2013)
“Hold still.”
Yay. Aletheia stood sideways, drawing back the arrow in the bow, her violet colored eyes concentrating on me. A cool breeze ruffled the edges of her sapphire blue silk dress. She reminded me of an elf. I felt like William Tell’s son.
Today we were practicing disintegrating weapons. All morning, Aletheia had been chucking sticks at me from across the small meadow. I imagined what a human would have thought if they had been hiking and accidently came across us. Gossip of a ma...d clan of women on the east side of the lake who liked to sling pieces of wood at each other would have flown through the town.
“Remember to focus the power in one hand only and keep your arm straight. Draw your arm away from yourself as you destroy it.”
“I remember,”
She reminded me with every throw. Two pieces of wood and a large clump of moss had hit my head. One large branch managed to scrape my arm and a rock had bruised my kneecap.MoreLess
Yay. Aletheia stood sideways, drawing back the arrow in the bow, her violet colored eyes concentrating on me. A cool breeze ruffled the edges of her sapphire blue silk dress. She reminded me of an elf. I felt like William Tell’s son.
Today we were practicing disintegrating weapons. All morning, Aletheia had been chucking sticks at me from across the small meadow. I imagined what a human would have thought if they had been hiking and accidently came across us. Gossip of a ma...d clan of women on the east side of the lake who liked to sling pieces of wood at each other would have flown through the town.
“Remember to focus the power in one hand only and keep your arm straight. Draw your arm away from yourself as you destroy it.”
“I remember,”
She reminded me with every throw. Two pieces of wood and a large clump of moss had hit my head. One large branch managed to scrape my arm and a rock had bruised my kneecap.MoreLess
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