"I wouldn't be anywhere else," Elara replied, already beginning her long climb back into the clouds. "I literally can't."
"I brought a sky-lily," Elara said, her voice sounding thin in the pressurized mountain air. She slid the flower toward the line. As the petals touched the Delta air, they withered into gray ash instantly. "Still won't take, then." "I wouldn't be anywhere else," Elara replied, already
As the sun set, Kael stood up, his joints aching for the humidity of the deep marsh. "Same time next week?" As the petals touched the Delta air, they
Kael reached into his pack and pulled out a sealed glass vial of Delta river water. He placed it on the line. "Don't open it. Just hold the glass. It’s warm. It tastes like the sun hitting the mud." He placed it on the line
"Sounds exhausting," Elara joked, though her eyes were sad. "I just want to know what the water feels like. Up there, it’s all ice and mist."