Beyond Night
Somewhere in the night, overhead, August heard the squawk of a bird, a crow perhaps, maybe two.
“You want to know?” The man wailed. “I will tell you! I will tell you all!”
August listened to the man’s words as he spoke so furiously, spittle flew from between cracked lips in Latin. Rufus had fallen asleep at the feet of the opposite side of the tree, but awoke and joined August as the Pict spewed the words. August stepped backwards, reeling when the man’s tale was concluded. The man on the cross started to laugh.
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