--- related: - "[[2021-09-29 Liminal (DRAFT)]]" ---%% universe:: [[Verraine]] year:: 1750 ATA status:: complete market:: [[Inkblood]] protagonist:: [[Stef]] mentions:: location:: [[Cyhlonore]] length:: microfiction pitch:: A sailing priestess performs blood auguries to determine that a dark forest would make a good colony location. character-arc:: parent:: [[2021-06-14 Divination]] analysis:: [[2021.09.29a Cows, thunder & how ancients exploited ceremonial roles]] related: [[2021-10-20 Eavesdrop (MF)]] & [[2021.10.20a Did conquerors ever burn their ships]] %% Stef's knife claimed a liminal space between priest and prophet; shriving the penitent, offering absolution in blood. Abstract auguries danced in the spatter of gore on the trees, and with a flash, she knew: It was time to burn the ships and claim this forest as home.