Power of Three
“It opened on to the warmth and smells of the overcrowded mound, and almost every face inside turned up to look at them. There was a moment of unnatural quiet.
It was like a menace. Gair felt gloom and terror flooding up from inside the mound, swirling and mounting over the tapestries, dimming the faces, dulling the warm smells. It was like the uneasiness he had felt ever since the Otmounders came, but far, far stronger. His mouth went dry with it and his knees weak. Then most people went back t...o what they were doing. Conversation began, exclamations and laughter, and sour remarks from Otmounders.
Adara came hurrying to the foot of the steps. “Where have you all been?”
Miri pushed past her and panted up the steps. “Caught in that storm! Wet through, the lot of them!” It was plain she and Adara had been very anxious. But, when she reached them, Gair saw Miri was frightened, too scared to scold properly. “You meddled with nothing outside? No Powers?” she asked breathlessly.
“No.MoreLess
It was like a menace. Gair felt gloom and terror flooding up from inside the mound, swirling and mounting over the tapestries, dimming the faces, dulling the warm smells. It was like the uneasiness he had felt ever since the Otmounders came, but far, far stronger. His mouth went dry with it and his knees weak. Then most people went back t...o what they were doing. Conversation began, exclamations and laughter, and sour remarks from Otmounders.
Adara came hurrying to the foot of the steps. “Where have you all been?”
Miri pushed past her and panted up the steps. “Caught in that storm! Wet through, the lot of them!” It was plain she and Adara had been very anxious. But, when she reached them, Gair saw Miri was frightened, too scared to scold properly. “You meddled with nothing outside? No Powers?” she asked breathlessly.
“No.MoreLess
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