It was, they said, carved up and carried back to the city in pieces, on greased sleds and low-riding ships, from the westward lands where the sun dies in winter. There was no stone with its strange green veins anywhere in Silhouine’s country; a dozen people could walk over it standing abreast.<\/p>\n
She and Dulap make their way out of the nervous crowd around the remains.<\/p>\n
“Were they making a point?” Silhouine asks.<\/p>\n
“I don’t know,” says Dulap. “Do you feel pointed?”<\/p>\n
“It was big and ugly. I never really liked it.”<\/p>\n
Her bed is cold, and her kitten shivers.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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