Chapter 18: Labor
The tanoi, they give it to us willingly. criminals, murders, victims of accidents, and even some of the elderly willingly choosing to aid their people as their final act. so you see? we are not killers."
Chapter 17: Spark of Imagination
Chapter 17: Spark of Imagination The next morning. Renno wakes up and rolls over. The mat where Minetz normally sleeps is empty. He sits up and stretches. Downstairs a cold but liquid bowl of vegetable soup sits on the workbench accompanied by a...
Chapter 14: Consequences
Chapter 14: Consequences For the next few days little changes around the shop. The front howls on occasion through the poor patchwork of boards now sealing the entryway shut. Snow drifts in through the cracks. A slow steady accumulation has continued...
Chapter 11: Hardship Truth and Lies
Chapter 11: Hardship Truth and Lies. Minetz pokes vigorously at plans strewn out across the workbench. "See, like this. It means 'ply' like a ply of wood or paper." After a few moments of silence looks up at Renno to find I'm staring into the rafters...
Chapter 9: Inns and Out Again
Chapter 9: Inns and Out Again "Hey, Minetz." Minetz hammers away at the workbench transfixed on his work. "Minetz hey." Renno raises his voice a little to get his attention. Minetz pauses for a moment and without looking up resumes...
Chapter 7: Charity
Chapter 7: Charity Kyra, still angry from her confrontation with Rozen,marches down the street away from The Table._What did he mean, why does he have to say it like that. I did nothing wrong, I'm only trying to help. Miran, please, tell me what to...
Chapter 19: Customs of Miran
Chapter 19: Customs of Miran Over the course of the week little changed. Kyra continued to make her deliveries; Renno pounded away at the ice and shoveled snow, and Minetz balanced his time between fixing hammers and carving out various new test...