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==CHAPTER 1: STORYTELLER== | ==CHAPTER 1: STORYTELLER== | ||
Gold silks and purple velvets hung above the gilded chair where Ahztja settled in to tell the princess Caiatl her nightly story. | Gold silks and purple velvets hung above the gilded chair where [[Ahztja]] settled in to tell the princess [[Empress Caiatl|Caiatl]] her nightly story. | ||
Ahztja was the emperor's mythkeeper; a talented storyteller and Psion who held all the legends and histories of the conquered worlds in her mind. Caiatl's father often said, "Ahztja is an athenaeum world in and of herself." He often retreated, either into his pleasures or his unpredictable melancholy, leaving Ahztja to fill Caiatl's mind with fantasy. | Ahztja was the [[Emperor Calus|emperor]]'s mythkeeper; a talented storyteller and [[Psion]] who held all the legends and histories of the conquered worlds in her mind. Caiatl's father often said, "Ahztja is an [[Athenaeum Worlds|athenaeum world]] in and of herself." He often retreated, either into his pleasures or his unpredictable melancholy, leaving Ahztja to fill Caiatl's mind with fantasy. | ||
Holding a toy model of a warship in her hands, Caiatl sat on the floor before Ahztja. "Ahztja," she said politely, knowing she would not receive her story otherwise, "Please tell me how the faraway peoples say the universe came to be." | Holding a toy model of a warship in her hands, Caiatl sat on the floor before Ahztja. "Ahztja," she said politely, knowing she would not receive her story otherwise, "Please tell me how the faraway peoples say the universe came to be." | ||
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Caiatl closed her eyes and saw it. | Caiatl closed her eyes and saw it. | ||
"Among the chaos stands Irkyn La, the First Host, who blinks herself into existence with the First Thought: chaos must come to order." | "Among the chaos stands [[Irkyn La, the First Host]], who blinks herself into existence with the First Thought: chaos must come to order." | ||
Caiatl saw a creature, tremendous beyond belief, in her mind's eye. | Caiatl saw a creature, tremendous beyond belief, in her mind's eye. | ||
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Caiatl opened her eyes, and they were bright with intrigue. | Caiatl opened her eyes, and they were bright with intrigue. | ||
"That is how the Tiiarn would say the universe began," Ahztja said. | "That is how the [[Tiiarn]] would say the universe began," Ahztja said. | ||
Caiatl looked at the toy in her hands, and then back at Ahztja. "Where does this giant woman live?" | Caiatl looked at the toy in her hands, and then back at Ahztja. "Where does this giant woman live?" | ||