Volinette's Song
“They repeatedly told her to relax and lie still, and that was all. Fortunately, the trip across the Academy grounds to the squat brick building didn’t take all that long.
The interior of the building wasn’t much more exciting than her attendants had been. Pale green walls were illuminated by bright oil lamps. Healers and clerics bustled to and fro, calling to each other in a language that was most certainly common, but favored terms Volinette had never heard before. However, they seemed bot...h confident and proficient, so she resigned herself to their care, even if she felt as if all she needed was a really good nap.
The orderlies moved her from the litter onto a bed in a small cubicle. They pulled a curtain across the entrance of the small room and then disappeared beyond it, leaving her alone without any further explanation of what to do or what to expect. Volinette’s stomach sank. All in all, a rather banal entrance into the place that should have been an exciting start to the rest of her life.MoreLess
The interior of the building wasn’t much more exciting than her attendants had been. Pale green walls were illuminated by bright oil lamps. Healers and clerics bustled to and fro, calling to each other in a language that was most certainly common, but favored terms Volinette had never heard before. However, they seemed bot...h confident and proficient, so she resigned herself to their care, even if she felt as if all she needed was a really good nap.
The orderlies moved her from the litter onto a bed in a small cubicle. They pulled a curtain across the entrance of the small room and then disappeared beyond it, leaving her alone without any further explanation of what to do or what to expect. Volinette’s stomach sank. All in all, a rather banal entrance into the place that should have been an exciting start to the rest of her life.MoreLess
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