The home on the outskirts of the village shows signs of recent improvements; even as its garden wilts and chickens grow scrawny, the walls have been fortified, and there are some signs of excavation. The young man who drags water back lives alone with an elderly woman. His skin is rubbed raw in places — most about the hands and eyes —
Their neighbours: A cooper, his pregnant wife, and their several children. A small boy is warned back sharply when he runs up to chatter about monsters.
The dissonance of lyrium buzzes at the edge of perception, like the beginnings of rot in a tooth.
confrontation; ser hayes
The home on the outskirts of the village shows signs of recent improvements; even as its garden wilts and chickens grow scrawny, the walls have been fortified, and there are some signs of excavation. The young man who drags water back lives alone with an elderly woman. His skin is rubbed raw in places — most about the hands and eyes —
Their neighbours: A cooper, his pregnant wife, and their several children. A small boy is warned back sharply when he runs up to chatter about monsters.
The dissonance of lyrium buzzes at the edge of perception, like the beginnings of rot in a tooth.