Born From The Ash
She gave no instructions.
She simply picked up a handful of scattered, “misplaced” stones, walked to the center of the Hollow Men’s sterile grid, and placed a single, jagged blue stone in the exact middle of the perfect symmetry.
Then she stepped back.
For a moment, there was silence. Then, a Marshfoot child giggled and ran forward, placing a green stone next to it. A Raven carefully placed a piece of shiny obsidian. A Troll rumbled and set a large, uncut geode at the edge, disrupting the straight line.