[At least she isn’t naked. That’s how Liem arrived, and he doesn’t recommend it.
In response to her request, he nods. Even if he hadn’t been done finding his peace before, obviously he’s finished now. That’s always the way of things, it seems. There’s never the time he’d like to actually escape from the need to do something.]
Of course. It’s just this way.
[The nearest cornerstone is just a brief walk through the tangle of huge roots, out from beneath the tree and into a mossy clearing all around it. The tree Jade emerged beneath now towers above, stretching up towards a starry sky, but it can’t compare to the sheer, limitless breadth of the branches growing all around, seeming to reach for the very stars. It looks as though the clearing they stand in is located atop an even more massive tree that makes up this “island” itself.
The cornerstone itself is a little moss-covered, just like everything else, but its top is worn clean from the transit of many hands. When they reach it, Liem takes a moment to incant a brief spell, and the light filtering through the branches above seems to touch him a little less.]
Put your hand on it, [he says, doing the same with one of his own hands,] and I’ll take us there. Once you’ve visited a particular cornerstone, you can travel to it from any other just like this.
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In response to her request, he nods. Even if he hadn’t been done finding his peace before, obviously he’s finished now. That’s always the way of things, it seems. There’s never the time he’d like to actually escape from the need to do something.]
Of course. It’s just this way.
[The nearest cornerstone is just a brief walk through the tangle of huge roots, out from beneath the tree and into a mossy clearing all around it. The tree Jade emerged beneath now towers above, stretching up towards a starry sky, but it can’t compare to the sheer, limitless breadth of the branches growing all around, seeming to reach for the very stars. It looks as though the clearing they stand in is located atop an even more massive tree that makes up this “island” itself.
The cornerstone itself is a little moss-covered, just like everything else, but its top is worn clean from the transit of many hands. When they reach it, Liem takes a moment to incant a brief spell, and the light filtering through the branches above seems to touch him a little less.]
Put your hand on it, [he says, doing the same with one of his own hands,] and I’ll take us there. Once you’ve visited a particular cornerstone, you can travel to it from any other just like this.