ninth.

[eaglet]

[Connor sounds slightly out of breath when he dictates into the journal, mostly because it's so cold outside but also because he's been working pretty hard out there.]

Before I came to this world, I had left my village for six months. I have now been in this place for nine. There are still things I do not understand about both this world and the world outside my village, but I am learning, I think. And there is much to learn.

I have been interested in exploring the Dead Zone again. The god of this place has the power to move us and to transform our surroundings, but I would like to explore on my own terms. There is much to learn here amongst each other, but I feel as though there is even more to learn out there.

[Connor can be found on the castle lawn, packing a long wall of snow about a foot tall, taking care to carve a furrow down the middle. He has acquired some gloves that don't really match the rest of his outfit -- they have a reflective strip down the side and are also neon pink.]

Comments

[dgaf]

But it's polite to pretend when it's what you wanted?

[eaglet]

It is not as though I am offended by help.

[dgaf]

Did I change your mind?

[eaglet]

[He smiles a little thinly.]

Not so. But if you would like to help me, I would not refuse it.

[dgaf]

I don't go where I'm not wanted.

[ But Effy, you just did. ]

[eaglet]

[He gestures broadly with a neon pink gloved hand.]

There is no ownership of this land. You may go wherever you please.