The Realms of the Gods
“Black mountain pines gave way to maples, chestnuts, and paper birches, and larger clearings. Flashes of bright color darted through the tree canopy as the sunbirds began their afternoon’s homage to the sun.
Suddenly the travelers emerged onto a long, wide, grass shelf. Ahead the land fell into a vast gorge. Approaching the edge, Daine looked down and whistled. Far, far below lay a thin, silver curl: a river.
“Long Drop Gorge,” the badger told them. Nodding at two splintery logs planted upright ...in the ground at the cliff’s edge, he added, “And there’s the First Bridge.”
Daine gulped. What had looked like a sturdy enough wood-and-rope construction in the vision over Weiryn’s map was in reality fraying, twisted hemp and ancient slats. Twin ropes, as old and unreliable looking as the rope of the floor, were strung as rails at waist height and attached to the logs. The whole structure didn’t look as if it would support even one of them, let alone their whole group.
“The first rope-and-wood bridge,”MoreLess
Suddenly the travelers emerged onto a long, wide, grass shelf. Ahead the land fell into a vast gorge. Approaching the edge, Daine looked down and whistled. Far, far below lay a thin, silver curl: a river.
“Long Drop Gorge,” the badger told them. Nodding at two splintery logs planted upright ...in the ground at the cliff’s edge, he added, “And there’s the First Bridge.”
Daine gulped. What had looked like a sturdy enough wood-and-rope construction in the vision over Weiryn’s map was in reality fraying, twisted hemp and ancient slats. Twin ropes, as old and unreliable looking as the rope of the floor, were strung as rails at waist height and attached to the logs. The whole structure didn’t look as if it would support even one of them, let alone their whole group.
“The first rope-and-wood bridge,”MoreLess
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