Saturday, June 06, 2015

Astounding Discovery: Day 6

Word Count: 36,002

Summary of Events:
Chapter 11:
Saoirse contemplated what to do about the situation with Sgémoíse and his mother. Adaire got into a fight with the captain over their ideas of Adaire's conduct. The travelling market came to town and Saoirse wandered through it looking at what all was being offered.
Chapter 12:
Adaire arrived in Nourd-Wouest and immediately went to see the king, but was thrown out due to his inebriation. Saoirse went to see the Castleorghlynne  with the blacksmith's son, who seemed intent to make up for accidentally causing her an injury.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Gíwllyn guided Saoirse over the hills that stood between the rather broad valley Castleorghlynne was located in and the rí after which the village was named — or possibly was named after the village, Saoirse wasn't entirely sure, she just knew the two of them had the same name.
The reason that Castleorghlynne wasn't immediately beside the rí bearing the same name was mainly the narrowness of the fallen the rí cut through; all of the land leading to it was quite steep, and there were no flats beside the rí suitable for putting any kind of residence; they were only suitable for sitting or standing on.
However, the northern part of the village was barely a few minutes walk from the rí, although access to it there was so steep that stairs had been chiseled out of the stony ground to get down to the water for washing; a pulley and a bucket were at the top of the cliff for drawing water.
As they climbed down the other side of the hill, Gíwllyn held onto Saoirse's lower back tightly and made sure that he was always leading the way down. Finally they arrived at the bottom of the hill at the slim flat of grass alongside the rí that steadily moved from its near headwaters northeastward to join the Kylbeíghne Rí and flow to into the Kylbeíghne Baíleígh and the strait between O'Aennea and O'Naómshiní, the two largest of the islands that were O'Enne.
Saoirse sat down in the long, soft grass close to the edge and let her left leg hang down, her toes stroking the cool, clear water of the rí. Now that the ice had all broken off and was safely off in the baíleígh and the strait, if not the ocean, the rí was safe to visit.
Gíwllyn sat down beside Saoirse, keeping both of his feet safely up on the bank, and started braiding a clump of grass even while it was still in the ground. He looked like he wanted to say something.
"Yes?" Saoirse asked.
"What?" Gíwllyn asked, startling.
"You look like you want to say something," Saoirse replied.
"Oh," Gíwllyn said. "I, I just want to apologize for startling you the other day."
"You already did," Saoirse said. "And I forgave you, surely that's enough, isn't it?"
"I know it should be," Gíwllyn said. "But I don't feel like it is."
Saoirse reached over and took Gíwllyn's hand into both of hers, rubbing her thumbs gently over the back of it. Gíwllyn looked at Saoirse apologetically and she looked at him sympathetically.
"You've been a magnificent gentleman," Saoirse said. "In spite of all your shyness you are a wonderful man, and you would be more wonderful if you were more confident as well."
Gíwllyn looked at Saoirse like he couldn't believe what she was saying. Saoirse continued to hold his hand and gazed at him with assurance; she wanted to convince him of this truth that he apparently had yet to have been told."

Nourd-Wouest: nohrd w'oohest
rí: ree
Gíwllyn: g'eewlyn
Kylbeíghne: kylebey'gnh
baíleígh: byeley
O'Naómshiní: oh nahomshiny

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