Moonscatter (2016)
““When a man has to sneak out of his own house like a thief …” he muttered.
“You’re not the only one.” Vrom Santinin stopped beside one of the violated Maiden columns. He touched the thick black paint splashed inexpertly in a long swipe up and over the carved face, scanned the court, his eyes moving over the painted pavement (more black paint, in thick almost unreadable letters) to the fountain now dry, the dancing figure that used to stand clothed in water and now had a thickening coat of dust ...over more disfiguring black paint. His lips tightened and his long narrow face pulled together in a worried frown. “What I’m bothered about most is spring. How we going to plant if Floarin takes all our seed?” He moved past Burin, his long legs scissoring rapidly across the court, his moonshadow jerking across the black paint and the delicate floral design beneath it. “How you, Tesc.”
“Well enough, better than the Plain.”
“That’s for sure.” Burin glanced with some sadness at the silent fountain.MoreLess
“You’re not the only one.” Vrom Santinin stopped beside one of the violated Maiden columns. He touched the thick black paint splashed inexpertly in a long swipe up and over the carved face, scanned the court, his eyes moving over the painted pavement (more black paint, in thick almost unreadable letters) to the fountain now dry, the dancing figure that used to stand clothed in water and now had a thickening coat of dust ...over more disfiguring black paint. His lips tightened and his long narrow face pulled together in a worried frown. “What I’m bothered about most is spring. How we going to plant if Floarin takes all our seed?” He moved past Burin, his long legs scissoring rapidly across the court, his moonshadow jerking across the black paint and the delicate floral design beneath it. “How you, Tesc.”
“Well enough, better than the Plain.”
“That’s for sure.” Burin glanced with some sadness at the silent fountain.MoreLess
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