urbanhart

A few days later, Lyall had set out into the early morning, with proper outdoor gear and sustenance as promised. The better part of the day was spent poking around ...

The forest was long told to be a place of change, or reveal. For uncovering something hidden about the world, or even oneself. Or it could be a place of ...

There used to be something appealing about a straightforward, uncomplicated life. Caspar thought it was simply because he was never an ambitious man. He only ever had a basic vision ...

Once he closed the door behind them, Caspar set aside his lingering concerns for James for later addressing. 'Outside' the apartment was cooler, and less crowded. Even when it was ...

"I don't believe it's sinking in for anybody that I've practiced solely emergency care over the past decade." Hild snorted. "I don't think it's sinking in for you that you're ...

It was past midnight at this point. It didn't seem pertinent at the moment, though, and James vaguely asked about it only once, so Hild never gave an exact time. ...

Early in the morning (so it felt, anyhow, it was hard to judge without sunlight or the watch Hild never returned), Caspar slipped out of the temporary room he'd shared ...

Try as her brother might, there was no hiding what any of them were doing from each other out here. Hild very quickly found out about Lyall and Cy's lessons ...

First of Bruma also marked the first day of winter-- joyous, since this meant the weather in the wilds would only grow unkinder from here-- and left only seven more ...

Day 5 since bidding their little cottage farewell, bringing them to the 4th of Aurne. Sitting squeezed in the back of the wagon provided ample opportunity to strike up conversation ...

They left early in the morning, having already packed most everything the night prior. The trees were still a deep blue in the crisp, early light. Traveling now as such ...

They'd toasted to moving forward. Then came Lilya's announcement of Hild-Raj-Robin's return, and James was already on his feet and out the door in the literal blink of an eye. ...

The next safehouse was determined as not too far out of the way, so they all tacitly agreed that they'd stay together for dropping off Ava and her family. The ...

The first few days of travel passed them by, swift and silent. As she'd hoped, their reduced number allowed them to push forward a little harder, with far fewer stops ...

As Hild, Raj, and Robin stepped out to leave, Caspar was just returning with chopped wood in both arms. Sleep wasn't very solid the night prior. And he was fairly ...