Al Moreno And the Crystal of Gosia by Mason J. Schneider

Author:Mason J. Schneider [Schneider, Mason J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-06-20T00:00:00+00:00

9 The Gazers

The rest of the day went by quite quickly. Mother Via told Alfred where he could find the nearest temple of the Gazers. It was a trip that could be made in a single day if one traveled hard. The first part could be traveled on one of the many dirt roads that connected the rural villages in this area of Hemphion. The second half would have to be journeyed on foot, through the woodlands quite some way.

Alfred had made the decision that he would be going alone, taking only Henry who had the directions memorized. Marcie seemed frustrated that Alfred insisted on the others staying behind.

“You don’t know this land- I do!” she had insisted to Al.

“Look Marcie, I know you want to help but Henry has the path in his system and I need you and the others to stay here in case Sham-Bon and his men try anything.”

She still seemed angry but eventually accepted that he was probably right. Alfred had spent the remainder of the day resting and talking amongst the villagers of Bratvia. He soon came to learn that although they seemed a cheerless group now, they had indeed once been a village of great warriors. There had been much unrest and misdirected outrage amongst the nearby villages in the past few years. Many had disbanded into groups of anarchists, angry at the world and their god for the seemingly unavoidable fate they all faced. These radical bands had attempted to break through the walls of Bratvia many times- trying to ravage, steal, and kill everything in sight simply because they believed nothing they did had any true consequences anymore. Abandoned by their god, they assumed they would end up in a hell when it was all over regardless of what they now chose to do with their lives. The villagers had fought them off time and time again- keeping their faith only because of Mother Via and the hope that Marcie would return some day with a way to save them.

As Alfred lay in his bed that evening he thought about something Ardmon had told them over dinner.

“The people in rural villages like ours, those that didn’t turn to hate and anarchy, have always held more faith in the Gazers than our government. Those who lived in the larger metropolises of the planet evacuated when Parliament declared they had no answer for saving the planet. The rest put their faith in the wisdom of the Gazers who believe that if it is truly meant to be the end for Hemphion, the people of the planet were meant to perish along with it. It must seem foolish to an outsider for people to believe that their existence has truly come to an end...but the Gazers have always been right before.”

Alfred lay awake in a room that Mother Via had offered him to stay in that night. There was a skylight above his cot that he watched the light of the moons pour through. There were two of them- Jashi had said they were called Lax and Luts.

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