Beyond Night
Then, a large tubular raft.
Again, his distracted attention caused August minor trouble. His feet shifted and he slipped. He reached out as the wall ran out but nothing existed to hold on to. His heart racing, he thought himself falling into eternity, but that only lasted a few moments. He crashed into what felt like a series of thin branches, some of which broke as his backside crashed and his body flipped over. August twisted on his sheathed gladius, and swore, then begged his God for forgiveness for his outburst. Hands flexing, August thought he swam in piles of leaves, but soon he gripped tight on something solid. In each hand he raised up a similar object.
“Bones,” August said to no one
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