"That is true," Teja says, "even if you know not what a trapeze might be."
Pause.
"And yes, he knows me. I often marvelled how one so bright and clear might know one of such darkness as mine so well; and I marvel still."
"People were scared of you," Adalgoth says, "even as they admired your deeds. I never was. I was never scared to look at what's inside that darkness. And I soon found it's not darkness at all. Between the dark heads of the gloomy night-woods, you can see the shimmer of far-away stars, if you but look long enough."
He sits up on the bed-bench, which he can do as he is no longer being sat on by the babies. "You seem to have all the children, ladies. I have nothing to cuddle."
Even Teja has one of Isis' kittens, asleep on his shoulder. He reaches up and hands it to Adalgoth, in the way you'd hand over a cup of water, or a tool.
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Pause.
"And yes, he knows me. I often marvelled how one so bright and clear might know one of such darkness as mine so well; and I marvel still."
"People were scared of you," Adalgoth says, "even as they admired your deeds. I never was. I was never scared to look at what's inside that darkness. And I soon found it's not darkness at all. Between the dark heads of the gloomy night-woods, you can see the shimmer of far-away stars, if you but look long enough."
He sits up on the bed-bench, which he can do as he is no longer being sat on by the babies. "You seem to have all the children, ladies. I have nothing to cuddle."
Even Teja has one of Isis' kittens, asleep on his shoulder. He reaches up and hands it to Adalgoth, in the way you'd hand over a cup of water, or a tool.