For Love of Mother-Not
“The first few nights were hard. The silence hit him with unexpected force, and he found sleeping difficult. Pip spent those nights in uneasy rest, sensing its master’s discomfort. Only the stupava, its head bobbing methodically with its soft snores, was content.
By the fourth night, Flinx slept soundly, and by the fifth, he was actually enjoying the silence. I’ve been deceived by circumstances and fate, he thought. This is much better than city life. True, he missed the color, the excitement, t...he ever-shifting landscape of beings from dozens of worlds parading through the marketplace and the wealthy inurbs, the smells of different foods and the sounds of sinister bargains being consummated. Nor did the forest offer him any opportunity to practice his skills: there wasn’t anything to steal. The woods gave freely of their bounty. It was all too easy, somehow.
He had almost relaxed when the squook surprised him. It shot out of its hole in the ground, startling the stupava and nearly causing it to buck Flinx off.MoreLess
By the fourth night, Flinx slept soundly, and by the fifth, he was actually enjoying the silence. I’ve been deceived by circumstances and fate, he thought. This is much better than city life. True, he missed the color, the excitement, t...he ever-shifting landscape of beings from dozens of worlds parading through the marketplace and the wealthy inurbs, the smells of different foods and the sounds of sinister bargains being consummated. Nor did the forest offer him any opportunity to practice his skills: there wasn’t anything to steal. The woods gave freely of their bounty. It was all too easy, somehow.
He had almost relaxed when the squook surprised him. It shot out of its hole in the ground, startling the stupava and nearly causing it to buck Flinx off.MoreLess
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