Post by Gamemaster on Jun 2, 2006 11:00:10 GMT -7
"When I finish school," said Jamilia, "I want to see everything there is to see." Husar uprooted a tangle of weeds and tossed them in a bucket.
While her parents were at the bazaar, Jamilia was spending the afternoon with her uncle, tending his garden.
"A noble ambition," said the elder. "But how to you propose to achieve it?"
"Simple," she said. "I plan to visit every place in the world."
"That could take a long time," said Husar. "There are the Haunted Lands across the Golden Gulf, the Corsair Domains to the north, the distant Land of the Yak-Men. And there are other worlds to consider as well."
"Other worlds? There are other worlds beside this one?"
Husar rose, wiping the dirt from his hands. "Indeed. Some are vast oceans of blazing fire. Others are sunless plains of black ice. Still others are clusters of steaming gems. Many are inhabited."
"Inhabited?" exclaimed Jamilia. "What kind of people live in such awful places?"
Husar raised an eyebrow."Who said they were people?"
While her parents were at the bazaar, Jamilia was spending the afternoon with her uncle, tending his garden.
"A noble ambition," said the elder. "But how to you propose to achieve it?"
"Simple," she said. "I plan to visit every place in the world."
"That could take a long time," said Husar. "There are the Haunted Lands across the Golden Gulf, the Corsair Domains to the north, the distant Land of the Yak-Men. And there are other worlds to consider as well."
"Other worlds? There are other worlds beside this one?"
Husar rose, wiping the dirt from his hands. "Indeed. Some are vast oceans of blazing fire. Others are sunless plains of black ice. Still others are clusters of steaming gems. Many are inhabited."
"Inhabited?" exclaimed Jamilia. "What kind of people live in such awful places?"
Husar raised an eyebrow."Who said they were people?"