Dawn of the Flame Sea by Jean Johnson

Author:Jean Johnson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 2016-04-05T09:23:26+00:00

Chapter Six

“If that is settled, we must turn our attention to the coming rainy season. I am not certain how often it will rain here, but it will,” Halek warned them. “When it does, there will be flooding. As much as I wish to trust Parren, for she is a taje of water shaping, I must insist that all of the animadjet scry for the coming rains and scry the surrounding lands to make sure no one will be caught in a flood.

“It is convenient to live in walls of stone that never need repairing and are shaped with but a thought from the taje of stone shaping,” he added in deference to the absent Kaife, “but normally we would place our homes on high ground to avoid flash floods. Here our homes are tucked within the walls of the wadijt and tucked low enough to drown.”

“Parren is aware, as is Kaife and myself,” Éfan reassured him. “She has been working off and on in concentric circles and arcs to make channels and tunnels and cisterns. Every wadij leading to this section, whether a tiny crack in the wall or a great valley, has been prepped to guide the water away from paths and homes. With Zudu and her apprentices assisting us, we will be able to monitor these things.”

“Kaife has been working to create high-level homes, however,” Djin-taje said. “They will be ready within a few days for those who wish to move up out of potential flooding reach. They will be plainer than the lower homes, but that is because for now, they are intended to be temporary housing. I am told they have beautiful views, though, so if some wish to settle up there permanently, they can be molded into something more artistic than just merely functional.”

“Why can it not be done all at once?” Eruk asked.

Éfan smiled with his mouth, but his eyes gave a slight wince. “We find it too easy to manipulate anima in this region. I am still studying how it affects us. Until we know for sure what the long-lasting, long-term effects will be, none of us are allowed to shape magic for more than so many days in a row, and must rest for so many days in between. Since the flooding season may require a lot of magics cast in a hurry to reshape the various stone catches and basins Parren planned for but could not yet fully test, it is best if she stops making alterations now.

“All of us will undergo a period of rest,” he added, “so that your apprentices, Zudu, can access outside anima for their scrying needs without it being drawn to a Fae attempting to work magic. You know better than we do what to look for when it comes to the first signs of a flash flood, after all.”

“A wise man knows to stop and seek the advice of others when he does not know how to do a certain thing,” Zudu agreed calmly.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.