"Do not destroy us, we beseech thee!" "What name shall we call you by?" "I have no name. Where am I?" "Our poor salvage ship wrenched you from the sea. Who did this thing to you?" "Rahkshi. Foes to everyone. The loathsome sons of Makuta." "Who is Makuta? A pirate?" "A pirate of a sort ... what port will you make for?" "Port! Why there's no port anywhere. The last land sank long ago even before the burning skies. There's nothing in this world except boatmen and the terrible things that live beneath the waves." "And before the burning skies, the world was covered in ice for long age upon long age. It's been a million years or more since a wave ever found landfall." |