Transfigurations
“It took us approximately twenty minutes to come within hailing distance of the clearing. Glimpsed through strange geometries in the tropical lacework, the Asadi trudged or flitted unceasingly across this clearing.
"Where is he?" Elegy whispered.
We were crouched side by side beneath an umbrella of silvery roots cascading down from the limb of a rainthom tree. I shook my head helplessly, and the umbrella swayed above us like a living thing.
"I've got to get closer," Elegy told me aft...er we'd been watching for a long time. "This is no good at all." Before I could protest, she moved away from me, duckwalking forward, one hand occasionally reaching out to maintain her balance, her head as still and upright as a periscope casing. I followed her. The red leather thong in her hair gleamed at me through the undergrowth like a migrating orchid. At last I was beside her again. Asadi went by so near to us I could hear their measured breathing and see the spinning colors in their eyes.MoreLess
"Where is he?" Elegy whispered.
We were crouched side by side beneath an umbrella of silvery roots cascading down from the limb of a rainthom tree. I shook my head helplessly, and the umbrella swayed above us like a living thing.
"I've got to get closer," Elegy told me aft...er we'd been watching for a long time. "This is no good at all." Before I could protest, she moved away from me, duckwalking forward, one hand occasionally reaching out to maintain her balance, her head as still and upright as a periscope casing. I followed her. The red leather thong in her hair gleamed at me through the undergrowth like a migrating orchid. At last I was beside her again. Asadi went by so near to us I could hear their measured breathing and see the spinning colors in their eyes.MoreLess
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