Storm Over Vallia
Storm Over Vallia
“A poor weak defenseless girl has been known to stick a knife into a hulking great brute of a man insulting her. Well, is that not true?”“Aye, aye. But—”“That’s an end, Lon! Queyd-arn-tung!”[9]They were standing in a shadowed doorway of a respectable street, the Lane of Sweetmeats, and the evening drew on in long mingled shadows of emerald and ruby. Already the Maiden with the Many Smiles floated over the rooftops of Rashumsmot casting down her fuzzy pink light to blend oddly with the last trail...ing remnants of the radiance from Zim and Genodras. The air tanged with spicy odors. Folk moved with purpose, to reach home after the day’s labors, to find the first wet of the evening, to see what pickings there might be in any of the thieves’ quarters abounding in any town where an army is quartered.Lon stared at this glorious girl, and shook his head.She wore a beigey yellowish dress that gave a dusty impression and the patterns of green leaves threaded in the material did not please Lon in an obscure way he couldn’t fathom.MoreLess
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