The Godspaces
Sassoo! You excuse of a wind bag!* Galt exploded as the manifestation of wrath into Sassoo’s godspace. *I asked you to divert our prophet and separate her from Spot, not almost kill the two of them.*
You idiot!* Lightning boiled off Galt in all directions. *Do I need to force you to incarnate for a lifetime or two? This isn’t the first time you’ve lost perspective on how biological life suffers. It’s bad enough that Tiki and Mugash lost touch. We’re gods, you amateur. You’re supposed to know better.*
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The City of Kwabin, Northern Mattamesscontess, Harvest Season, 3rd rot., 10th day (East Coast Time)
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“as she knelt and touched Moo’upegan on the right hand. “You must send your Legion inland to aid your people. A great storm has destroyed many towns and holdings. Your populace needs you now.”
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Aylem, the Crystal Shrine, Harvest Season, 3rd rot., before dawn of the 10th day (Foskos Time)
Wake up, Aylem! Wake up!*
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Dammit, don’t kick me out. Wake up, you idiot. Something’s wrong. You’ve got to find Emily and Spot, and we need your mindcasting. Wake up!*
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AYLEM, WAKE UP! Ow, that’s hurt. Get up Aylem. I’m not Fassex. I can’t push much more than this. I need you.*
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You’re finally awake,* Kamagishi mindcasted at me. I was startled that she was really trying to wake me. Did Mugash just visit me to help wake me?
Please, get to the Great Crystal,* Kamagishi pleaded. I could feel she was in pain from overusing her mind magic. *Aylem, you need to find Spot and Emily, and arrange their rescue.*
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Emily and Spot are caught in a storm,* Kamagishi kept pushing her message at me. *They are about to be or have just been hurt. They need rescue, Aylem. Use the Great Crystal and find them. Then, find a way to get them help.*
Let me take over, dear heart,* I followed her thought back to her and took over the conversation. *When we are done talking, I will send someone from the Mugash chapel shine to help with the magic overuse backlash. Now tell me what you know, and just think it, woman. I will do the work of listening.*
I wasn’t even sure I could reach you but I was desperate,* Kamagishi replied, pain shading her response. *If you had not woken, I was ready to send up to the citadel to start the mindcasting relay to alert you. I woke only a few moment ago with a strong vision of Emily and Spot taking shelter at the base of a small cliff along a river, in rolling hills where the leaves are just starting to turn. The storm has or will come in fast. The wind is so strong that the trees in my foresight are flattened for more than twenty wagon-days in a west-to-east line about a wagon-day wide. The feeling of the vision is that it just happened or is happening right now. There’s a tree that’s crushed one of Spot’s wings and both his front legs, and Emily was picked up by the wind and blown away.*
Where is she?* I asked.
I don’t know. I can’t see her anywhere.*
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Ud! Help me! I need you!* I sent my thoughts to the Fenlands.
It is two days hence, child,* Ud said with her usual kindness, *and I have kept the stasis active since speaking with you. I will bring Spot to where he can heal.*
Can you find Emily?* I asked but felt Ud sigh.
I can. I have. I won’t. She is and is not found. Another is chosen for her. Erhonsay will keep her promise to Galt so do not fret for the little one, who will bring home a present for the mother of your senior. The girls are lovely, Jane. Remember to tell me their names when the Restful Shrine of Surd sends the oracle of their naming.*
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