Mallorie
“So I’m stuck here for the winter?” She asked, “Are we cut off entirely? No other villages nearby?”
Mallorie considered the tundra around her. She shivered at the thought of how cold a settlement would be if this was the surroundings; the cold itself was a threat, something that coiled round the very bones of a person and invaded the breath.
The Hollowed Grounds. Outlanders. Her head was beginning to swim under the steady drip of new terms. She sighed and resigned herself to picking more up as she went along, pacing herself and prioritising. Shelter and seeking.
Morgan’s offer threw her for a second. The odds that she knew the one person Mallorie was trying to find (who she didn’t even have proof had come through here) were...miniscule. But then, so was finding herself in another world entirely. She had to take time to consider it - still hadn’t after minutes of Eunike descending the path.
Chance was not Mallorie’s friend, historically. But she knew this was the time to take it.
“Pikely, his name was. If he came through here the guards would probably have known him.”
From the wanted posters, she politely didn’t add.
Mallorie considered the tundra around her. She shivered at the thought of how cold a settlement would be if this was the surroundings; the cold itself was a threat, something that coiled round the very bones of a person and invaded the breath.
The Hollowed Grounds. Outlanders. Her head was beginning to swim under the steady drip of new terms. She sighed and resigned herself to picking more up as she went along, pacing herself and prioritising. Shelter and seeking.
Morgan’s offer threw her for a second. The odds that she knew the one person Mallorie was trying to find (who she didn’t even have proof had come through here) were...miniscule. But then, so was finding herself in another world entirely. She had to take time to consider it - still hadn’t after minutes of Eunike descending the path.
Chance was not Mallorie’s friend, historically. But she knew this was the time to take it.
“Pikely, his name was. If he came through here the guards would probably have known him.”
From the wanted posters, she politely didn’t add.
Knowledge came and devastated
