The Crossing of Ingo
“How terrible not to be chosen: to learn that the Crossing does not lie in your heart. But the stone can only reveal what’s already true.
We pass through the entrance easily. It is much wider than it looked from our niche, and Ervys’s followers are massed at one side where the candidates enter. I’m afraid they’ll try and block my way, but they don’t even glance at me.
It seemed to take so long to dive to the stone and to come up and wait to hear the verdict, but it can only have been seconds. Th...ere’s Elvira, swimming ahead of me. Even though my time in front of the stone was short, I realise that we have been in our hiding place much longer than I thought. Moonlight has gone, and grey dawn is seeping down through the water.
“Elvira!” I call softly. I still don’t want to attract attention to myself. She looks over her shoulder, beckons me on, and keeps swimming upwards. When we are some way from the chamber’s entrance, she slows and waits for me. Around us, all the young Mer who have already been into the chamber are dispersing.MoreLess
We pass through the entrance easily. It is much wider than it looked from our niche, and Ervys’s followers are massed at one side where the candidates enter. I’m afraid they’ll try and block my way, but they don’t even glance at me.
It seemed to take so long to dive to the stone and to come up and wait to hear the verdict, but it can only have been seconds. Th...ere’s Elvira, swimming ahead of me. Even though my time in front of the stone was short, I realise that we have been in our hiding place much longer than I thought. Moonlight has gone, and grey dawn is seeping down through the water.
“Elvira!” I call softly. I still don’t want to attract attention to myself. She looks over her shoulder, beckons me on, and keeps swimming upwards. When we are some way from the chamber’s entrance, she slows and waits for me. Around us, all the young Mer who have already been into the chamber are dispersing.MoreLess
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