“Actually, it was quite common but usually indecisive. Xxnx What’s a cycle?” Kaarthen asked. They both wondered if these were his friends. Comments are welcome. By lunchtime when everyone was tired, they stood out upon the flat rock in the shallow water. To the West they could see the end of the mountains and the forested frontier that was Menthino’s northwestern border. They barely counted since one was her stepping on his foot and another was her elbow hitting his shoulder as she was thrown. **********************************************
The next morning all the women said farewell in their own unique way standing in the temple’s water naked holding hands praying for each other’s strength and bravery. “O Goddess, O Dark Mother of night,” She began dramatically once dropping to her knees.
