So it was kind of unsettling to realize that it had already been almost a full turn of the seasons since those weird lights in the sky had come crashing down during Deepfrost last year and the void variants had started cropping up around Caido. Tal and Sah had left Halo in the first days of Flowerbirth to come investigate the place the meteors had crashed down, back before the courier had moved to King's End with Alys, but he hadn't been back since aside from sailing over it from above as he criss-crossed King's End on his deliveries.
Well, he was back now.
The Peregrine floated a dozen feet up nearby, her ground anchor firmly set in the dry earth and her ladder down and waiting for his return. A strong Leafchange breeze - brisk and cold, with the promise of snow within a week or two - chased grey clouds across the sky, but chilly sunshine flashed down at regular enough intervals to keep the day from being dreary. Some residents of King's End (or even of other regions) might recognize the burly dragon from her pale glacial scales as she circled overhead, even at a distance from the meteor scar.
As for Tal, he knelt beside the scar in the landscape that was still visible from above but was increasingly hard to see from the ground. Grasses were regrowing from the outside edges inwards, and he was relieved to see that they were fairly normal, without any obvious Void-taint that he could sense. In another year or two there'd be hardly anything left at all aside from an irregular dip in the landscape to show where the meteors had fallen...
And this new chapter in Caido's story had begun.
Open!
Well, he was back now.
The Peregrine floated a dozen feet up nearby, her ground anchor firmly set in the dry earth and her ladder down and waiting for his return. A strong Leafchange breeze - brisk and cold, with the promise of snow within a week or two - chased grey clouds across the sky, but chilly sunshine flashed down at regular enough intervals to keep the day from being dreary. Some residents of King's End (or even of other regions) might recognize the burly dragon from her pale glacial scales as she circled overhead, even at a distance from the meteor scar.
As for Tal, he knelt beside the scar in the landscape that was still visible from above but was increasingly hard to see from the ground. Grasses were regrowing from the outside edges inwards, and he was relieved to see that they were fairly normal, without any obvious Void-taint that he could sense. In another year or two there'd be hardly anything left at all aside from an irregular dip in the landscape to show where the meteors had fallen...
And this new chapter in Caido's story had begun.
Open!
