[He walks out onto the stepping stone, and is lit up by the first one as he stands on it looking down. Magic he can't feel, or - perhaps nature?]
Amazing.
[He breathes deeply the air of this new world, and it smells of fire and smoke. People, of all the things to find in this dead world. Life – buzzing, real life, and a city.
When he thinks of what people could be native to this realm, he imagines beings alike to the Children of the Stone. Mindless, soulless drones undergoing opaquely assigned tasks without emotion or individual thought. He’s never feared or disliked the Children of the Stone, though, so he merely nods.]
Just as you have been shaped by the Dreaming, whatever people we find are likely to have be shaped by the absence of it. It will be interesting to see what such a people are like.
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Amazing.
[He breathes deeply the air of this new world, and it smells of fire and smoke. People, of all the things to find in this dead world. Life – buzzing, real life, and a city.
When he thinks of what people could be native to this realm, he imagines beings alike to the Children of the Stone. Mindless, soulless drones undergoing opaquely assigned tasks without emotion or individual thought. He’s never feared or disliked the Children of the Stone, though, so he merely nods.]
Just as you have been shaped by the Dreaming, whatever people we find are likely to have be shaped by the absence of it. It will be interesting to see what such a people are like.
I am sure they will also be interested to see us.