LAR01: Far and Wide

[dm_screen]

[Over the course of a few minutes, seemingly by way of brush, an image is drawn onto a page in the Liber Nuntiorum.]



[A short while later, a new individual's handwriting graces the book's pages.]

I've drawn map of Concord. Mind, the pictures of the landmarks aren't really to scale, but they're in the right locations.

[Another little pause.]

I'm Larus Moon-In-Water, the guy from the Outlands who lives in a tent outside the gates of the South Quarter. I'm sorry I wasn't available for everyone's questions over the last few days, but I was busy making sure I had all of the details right.

[Beat.]

If you do have any questions about what you all call 'Outlanders' I can answer them now if you'd like.

Oh, thank you! This will be really useful. I can move this up to the front of the book so everyone has easy access! -A

[Naturally, that happens a moment later. How she did it is anyone's guess.]

Comments

[dm_screen]

A pocketwatch?

[Embodying their beliefs?]




Do you place great importance in

punctuality?

[nobold]

Nothing so literal. For me, pocketwatches were always seen among nobility, so fancy and shimmering as if made of gold. I wanted to be like them, rather, my own idea of a noble. One who prides themselves not on being superior to others, but being superior to their former selves.

But the measurement of time serves its own purpose. People always change through their lives, whether in small or large ways. We may not be able to go back to those previous incarnations of ourselves, but so long as we remember who we were, we can always march forward, hand in hand with time itself.