Other Worldly Ways (Anthology 1)
“They'd known one another for more than eight hundred years and Griffin often brought wine to Merrill, some of a quality Merrill couldn't hope to get elsewhere.
He'd given up, too, on attempting to read labels affixed to strange bottles. Griffin explained often enough that the worlds they came from were so far away the suns couldn't be seen from Earth, but Merrill just shook his head. He understood that Earth had catching up to do—it was far behind what Griffin referred to as other star systems....
"Case of wine," Griffin grinned and produced a crate of bottles from nothing, handing it to Merrill.
"Is this?" Merrill examined the bottles—he recognized the labels, although the language evaded him. This was his favorite of all the wines Griffin brought.
"Glish, from Refizan," Griffin nodded.
"A midwinter gift?" Merrill lifted an eyebrow at his friend.
"Start calling it a Christmas gift, brother," Griffin smiled crookedly.
Merrill snorted. "Never let it be said that humans were accurate in their keeping of the time or the seasons." "A fallacy common to many worlds, not just this one," Griffin slapped Merrill on the back.MoreLess
He'd given up, too, on attempting to read labels affixed to strange bottles. Griffin explained often enough that the worlds they came from were so far away the suns couldn't be seen from Earth, but Merrill just shook his head. He understood that Earth had catching up to do—it was far behind what Griffin referred to as other star systems....
"Case of wine," Griffin grinned and produced a crate of bottles from nothing, handing it to Merrill.
"Is this?" Merrill examined the bottles—he recognized the labels, although the language evaded him. This was his favorite of all the wines Griffin brought.
"Glish, from Refizan," Griffin nodded.
"A midwinter gift?" Merrill lifted an eyebrow at his friend.
"Start calling it a Christmas gift, brother," Griffin smiled crookedly.
Merrill snorted. "Never let it be said that humans were accurate in their keeping of the time or the seasons." "A fallacy common to many worlds, not just this one," Griffin slapped Merrill on the back.MoreLess
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