Timegods' World
“It drilled large holes in solid rock, metal and sundry other substances. It also weighed half a stone. Amenda couldn’t even point it.
Wryan suggested I look for something lighter. I did. There wasn’t.
So … what else could I do?
I pulled on my blacks one cloudy fall morning, smiled brightly, and announced I was off to find a lightweight energy weapon.
“Find one?” asked Wryan with a critical look. Even when she was critical and tousled, I wanted to hold her. And a bit more.
Instead I just nodded.... “A few angles left to explore.”
“Be very careful, Sammis.” She looked dubious.
If she’d had any idea exactly what I was going to try, she would have been even more dubious. Then again, maybe she knew.
I dropped back to Ydris with the ease of routine. Finding the place had been an accident. Then, again, my whole life resembled an accident.
On one of my too frequent theft-trips to Muria, I noticed another one of those thin energy lines, one that wavered and blasted and screamed for all of its tenuousness.MoreLess
Wryan suggested I look for something lighter. I did. There wasn’t.
So … what else could I do?
I pulled on my blacks one cloudy fall morning, smiled brightly, and announced I was off to find a lightweight energy weapon.
“Find one?” asked Wryan with a critical look. Even when she was critical and tousled, I wanted to hold her. And a bit more.
Instead I just nodded.... “A few angles left to explore.”
“Be very careful, Sammis.” She looked dubious.
If she’d had any idea exactly what I was going to try, she would have been even more dubious. Then again, maybe she knew.
I dropped back to Ydris with the ease of routine. Finding the place had been an accident. Then, again, my whole life resembled an accident.
On one of my too frequent theft-trips to Muria, I noticed another one of those thin energy lines, one that wavered and blasted and screamed for all of its tenuousness.MoreLess
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