Generation Loss
“It was a frog?" "Yeah.
Because they're amphibious. They live on the land and the water both. Like me." I hitched my bag from one shoulder to the other. "What about Denny? What was his totem?" "Denny?" Toby drew thoughtfully on his cigarette. "Good question. It was a long time ago, but—" He pinched the cigarette out between his fingers then flicked it onto the slick stones at our feet. "I think it was a snapping turtle." 22 Lucien Ryel's house showed what you could do with Ray Provenzano's scrap-metal ethic and several million dollars. It resembled an ancient temple crossed with the remains of a lunar lander, built in the lee of a granite dome above the ocean and surrounded by a stand of massive pine trees and withered rosebushes. A cantilevered deck made of steel girders and I beams ran the length of the building, all glass and weathered metal, inset with blocks of carved granite: huge feathered wings, a colossal arm, an immense, preternaturally calm face.
Solar panels carpeted a roof... bristling with satellite dishes.MoreLess
Because they're amphibious. They live on the land and the water both. Like me." I hitched my bag from one shoulder to the other. "What about Denny? What was his totem?" "Denny?" Toby drew thoughtfully on his cigarette. "Good question. It was a long time ago, but—" He pinched the cigarette out between his fingers then flicked it onto the slick stones at our feet. "I think it was a snapping turtle." 22 Lucien Ryel's house showed what you could do with Ray Provenzano's scrap-metal ethic and several million dollars. It resembled an ancient temple crossed with the remains of a lunar lander, built in the lee of a granite dome above the ocean and surrounded by a stand of massive pine trees and withered rosebushes. A cantilevered deck made of steel girders and I beams ran the length of the building, all glass and weathered metal, inset with blocks of carved granite: huge feathered wings, a colossal arm, an immense, preternaturally calm face.
Solar panels carpeted a roof... bristling with satellite dishes.MoreLess
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