The Dark Device of the Great Chasm, Chapter 22

Amates 29, 1277. Outside the town of Talabrae’s Deep at the edge of the Great Chasm
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     “Town ahead! Talabrae’s Deep!”

   Tyre’s bellow from the front of the windwagon jarred me awake. I found the world’s largest cat nose sniffing at my cheek. His whiskers almost made me sneeze. It took me another minute to drag myself from sleep and form words. Coffee would help. Somewhere close by, people were moving around the windwagon.

     “Yoi T’kalo, Nicodemus.”

     This had been my morning ritual for the...