Steles of the Sky
“With the second thaw, the trickle of arrivals resumed. Temur was teaching Samarkar the horse-race game, with Edene’s “help,” explaining for the third time how the clean-boiled anklebones of a sheep, rolled and stacked, indicated the speed with which a strictly hypothetical mare had run as compared to the strictly hypothetical mare of the other player. The sound of hooves and neighs and cries of greeting echoed through the camp. Temur started up, overturning half the stacked bones and bumping th...e board into Edene’s knees, and still did not manage to beat Samarkar to the door.
Edene stood more slowly, a shivery chill all down her arms and across her shoulders. A horse neighed—and neighed again. A familiar, equine voice. She almost dreaded walking to the door of the white-house. She knew she was mistaken. She must be mistaken. And she could not bear the disappointment she knew awaited her.
She pulled Ganjin’s cradleboard across her shoulders and followed her family outside.
* * * This first (and least-expected) among the spring’s arrivals was the Woman-King Tzitzik, last scion of the Lizard-Folk, blood of Danupati—traveling in company with a pair of Cho-tse … and a complement of warriors from Stone Steading, which lay at the outermost western edge of Temur’s grandfather’s empire.MoreLess
Edene stood more slowly, a shivery chill all down her arms and across her shoulders. A horse neighed—and neighed again. A familiar, equine voice. She almost dreaded walking to the door of the white-house. She knew she was mistaken. She must be mistaken. And she could not bear the disappointment she knew awaited her.
She pulled Ganjin’s cradleboard across her shoulders and followed her family outside.
* * * This first (and least-expected) among the spring’s arrivals was the Woman-King Tzitzik, last scion of the Lizard-Folk, blood of Danupati—traveling in company with a pair of Cho-tse … and a complement of warriors from Stone Steading, which lay at the outermost western edge of Temur’s grandfather’s empire.MoreLess
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