Cant wait

Even the oldest of the ancients could not remember that there was ever such a hot summer in Hy. The grain fields quickly turned yellow and in an instant the soft colors of May were gone. The land withered under the scorching sun. People and animals longed for cooling that just didn't want to come. The heat built up in the residential towers of the Chorten and even at night it was almost unbearable there. Many therefore slept outside in the courtyard or on the wall in the hope of catching even the slightest breeze. Some even set up their night camp permanently in the vaulted cellar, even though it was dripping damp from the walls.

Not much happened during the day, only the bare essentials were worked early in the morning, then everyone retired to the shade to sit out the midday heat, and in the evening the rest was done - all of this at a very leisurely pace, of course. The school had also closed its doors. The brooding climate had made the students too lazy in their heads to