The Dark Device of the Great Chasm, Chapter 5

Amates 15, 1277. Tagrica Silk Square. Underside district, Ishnanor. Walking to a safer place because there was a lot of explaining to do…
 
    Tyre stroked his beard, watching me with that measuring look of his while we navigated the late afternoon Silk Square market crowds. It wasn’t me he was measuring; it was the whale of an explanation I just gave him.
 
   The colorful shade sail cloth rustled overhead. Light Planus breezes coming through the ancient lava tube were more active than usual today...