Wielder's Rising
“Eldridge said with excitement. “I think it will be incredibly useful to you. Screeing is the ability to see things that are far away, things that would be impossible to see even with ambience enhanced vision like yours.”“How far?” Traven asked, full of curiosity.“As far as you want,” the keeper replied. “I suppose you can imagine why this fascinates me so much. I love being the keeper of Faldor’s Keep, but I haven’t been outside the keep for over six years. And even then it was only to bri...ng the new human guardians to the keep from their small village at the base of the Parched Mountains.“I often wonder what is going on in the world outside. What changes have occurred? What is the same? To be able to actually see the outside world while safely in the keep, doing my duty, well that would just be, it would just be . . .” Eldridge paused. “Incredible,” he finished. “Enough of that, I’m sure you are anxious to learn how to do it.”Traven was indeed anxious to learn how to scree. It did sound fascinating. Looking around the dark room, he wondered how it would be possible. They were back in the same tower they had been in earlier in the day. However, instead of out on the balcony, they were in the center of the tower room with all of the windows and doors shuttered. He wasn’t sure how they would be able to see much of anything in the dimly lit room.“I must admit that I wanted to teach you this from the beginning, but I knew that you needed to learn more of the basics first. Screeing includes doing several different things with the ambience all at once. After your success this morning, I don’t think it will be too hard for you to figure out how to do it. Come over here.”Traven walked to the center of the room and stood opposite the keeper. In between them there was a small table. On the table sat a shallow dish filled with water. He looked down at the dish and smiled back at the dim reflection of himself in the water. He then looked back at the keeper.“Why is it so dark in here?”MoreLess
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