Location: Kaelport — the long shed, and the Lower School yard above it
Date: 5 Emberwane 9943 AZI, Grindday, dusk · 9 Emberwane, Temperday, morning
Realm: Lower Realm
The slate was cold.
It had sat in the box by the back-room door since some hour of the morning Jayde hadn't been there for, and the chalk on it had dried pale and dusty in the shut air. Thirteen words and a letter. Lanhua at the school. On the wall with the mothers. Going up. M.
It read the same the second time.
