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Morning of Uktar 23, 1492

Cloudy Mind

by Flicker Greenridge

Chilly. Ought to buy some extra socks. The craft might make me feel warmer but it won't protect against frostbite. I'll have to work around the snow soon. Have to...might. Will be lucky if. Can, if still around then. Cloudy mind.
Sit.
Breathe.
 
ōf.
We're not treasure hunters.
hä.
Water's fine. I prefer the land.
het.
Unbalanced risk. Already got something, too. Greed under a guise?
ō.
Was I mistaken? Did I have a choice?
hā.
She asked if I was with them. Did that sting me or my pride?
ən.
Either way it hurts. The words or who said it?
sē.
She's still her. Newness there but still her.
äsh.
Names don't matter anyway.
 
Hardly meditation if I spend the whole time like that. Still feels better. Don't know why I didn't start this long ago.
I should ask Amarille how she keeps her mind clear during her kata forms. I should ask Amarille quite a lot. Bit by bit. If she came at me with a book of unanswered curiosities I'd...well I'd try to take that book firstly. But I certainly wouldn't open up at that point. Must be delicate. Not my strongest ability, that. Tact and all. Sef-H..Helaena...said she appreciated the gnome's frankness. I fear that'd have the opposite affect were I to be so with the elf.
I can be plain speaking with some though. Need to speak with Keth again. All things change with time. Is his need for revenge sated with the death of the summoners or did the appearance of Talos reignite his thirst? Am I prepared in the case of the latter?
Focus.
A dragon could swoop this very night and all this worry and planning would be pointless.
Focus.
What's the plan for now?
Breathe.
A dragon.
Push for the white. And should it lead us to the black or the body of a green, so be it.
And if the push budges no stones, fine.
I'm always with them.

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    Marpenoth 29, 1492
  2. Poor Judgement
    Marpenoth 30, 1492
  3. Second Thoughts
    Uktar 1, 1492
  4. Being Present
    Uktar 2, 1492 - day
  5. Getting Through
    Uktar 2, 1492 - night
  6. Organizing Ideas
    Uktar 3, 1492 - part 1
  7. Strange Happenings
    Uktar 3, 1492 - part 2
  8. More Surprises
    Uktar 3, 1492 - part 3
  9. Shell Games
    Uktar 3, 1492 - part 4
  10. Clipped Notes
    Uktar 4-6, 1492
  11. Logging Camp
    Uktar 6, 1492
  12. Years Ago
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  13. During Watch
    Uktar 7, 1492
  14. The Band
    Marpenoth 2, 1492
  15. Of Apples
    Uktar 8, 1492
  16. In Town
    Uktar 9-11, 1492
  17. Meeting Falcon
    Night of Uktar 11 - Night of Uktar 14
  18. Woodland Walk
    Uktar 15-16, 1492
  19. Mad Manse
    Uktar 16, 1492
  20. Still Up
    Night of Uktar 16, 1492
  21. Processing Change
    Late Uktar 16/early Uktar 17, 1492
  22. Three Down
    Uktar 17, 1492
  23. New Debt
    Uktar 18, 1492
  24. To Return
    Uktar 19-20, 1492
  25. Kindling Papers
    Morning of Uktar 21, 1492
  26. Light(ning) House
    Uktar 21, 1492
  27. Cloudy Mind
    Morning of Uktar 23, 1492
  28. Pip Stonehill
    Uktar 24 1492
  29. Herbal Teas
    Marpenoth 10, 1485
  30. Ice Wall
    Uktar 26, 1492
  31. Going Back
    Uktar 28, 1492
  32. An Ending
    Feast of the Moon, 1492