CHULANE
They were cold, they were spent. Of course they wanted to hurry, to be done with this task, even if it had gone quite smoothly so far. The creaking in the walls and ceiling was met with great concern, a couple of his helpers exclaiming and the load they shared dipping as panic threatened to take over.
"Easy!" His voice was hoarse, the cold biting at his throat, misting his breath before him as he shouted the command. "Steady now," he said with the tone one might employ in calming a wild animal. His helpers complied, and he nodded as he had their attention now.
"All together now, step with me: Left! Right! Left! Right!" he set an even but relatively quick pace, hoping his guiding words would give them something else to focus on, something other than the terrifying threats of the crumbling palace around them. Working together, they could get this done.
"If it starts to come down, grab what you can and run," he said between breaths, before resuming the shouts of Left! Right! until they were hopefully clear of the ruin an able to get the food into safer storage, before heading back to their warm abodes finally.
"Easy!" His voice was hoarse, the cold biting at his throat, misting his breath before him as he shouted the command. "Steady now," he said with the tone one might employ in calming a wild animal. His helpers complied, and he nodded as he had their attention now.
"All together now, step with me: Left! Right! Left! Right!" he set an even but relatively quick pace, hoping his guiding words would give them something else to focus on, something other than the terrifying threats of the crumbling palace around them. Working together, they could get this done.
"If it starts to come down, grab what you can and run," he said between breaths, before resuming the shouts of Left! Right! until they were hopefully clear of the ruin an able to get the food into safer storage, before heading back to their warm abodes finally.
The only true wisdom is in knowing
you know nothing
you know nothing
