Song of the Fairy Queen
“It was a soothing sound. The wind was picking up a little. It was likely to rain tonight. He looked up at it absently, smiling with distracted amusement. Once there had been a time when he wouldn’t have noticed a shift in the wind, much less known what it meant, but he was getting to know his Kingdom on a far more visceral and intuitive level than he ever had. Now he knew when a change in the winds meant rain, or not. There was that smell in the air, too, a dampness, the promise of showers. The... farmers needed it, the ground was too dry.
He wouldn’t have known that either.
Geoffrey and Gwen’s people – his now – had become skilled at erecting the tent, setting it up quickly and tearing it down again just as quickly, so they could move on again, much like the rebel bands. After all, they’d learned it from them, as the rebels in turn had learned it from the Wanderers.
The tent had become more comfortable as well. The simple cot he’d used while hunting had been replaced by a frame bed, ropes holding the thin mattress in place.MoreLess
He wouldn’t have known that either.
Geoffrey and Gwen’s people – his now – had become skilled at erecting the tent, setting it up quickly and tearing it down again just as quickly, so they could move on again, much like the rebel bands. After all, they’d learned it from them, as the rebels in turn had learned it from the Wanderers.
The tent had become more comfortable as well. The simple cot he’d used while hunting had been replaced by a frame bed, ropes holding the thin mattress in place.MoreLess
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