Foundation Novels & Stories

Full of promise. ##################

Way too soon. *****************************************

The most essential function. The ground beneath all of it.

Which was what foundations did when they had been built correctly. I sat in the chair's arm with his arm around me and the grief present and real and the room warm and the city outside and the ceiling at its different angle and the version of myself who had walked into the arrangement, she was here too, she was part of it, she was in the foundation because you could not build a foundation without the ground it was built on and the ground was the wound and the wound was real and the real things were the things that held.

Trust does not return just because you finally arrived. ---

Tool. Perfect.

I feel a flutter in response. Ready.

Consider it done. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Read at your own risk. ****

“But, I haven’t even reached that level yet, and I’m still in Foundation Building. I knew it. I’m just worthless trash.” “Don’t worry. You’re in a special situation.” Alex comforted her. “Your foundation was injured. I’ve gathered five kinds of medicine, and I’m just missing the fire lotus seeds right now. Once I’ve gotten everything, I’ll be able to help you to restore it completely. It’s not a bad thing for you to accumulate all of it right now, since the deeper the foundation you build, the more stable your future growth will be.” “Are you sure?”