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![The Emp Test by [J. Scott Coatsworth]](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51WlyqDWpYL._SY346_.jpg)
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Breaking out of the grass, the headstrong aur smashed right into a tall mud orinth nest, shattering it into a million chunks of dirt and covering Jey with dust. Orange and green insects burst into the air in a cloud all around them, chittering their displeasure—keeyip keeyip keeyip. Jey growled and flattened himself on Critter’s back until they were past the swarm. He spat out dust-turned-mud and hauled back on the reins, but the aur ignored him. Jey clamped down on his own fear and anger. He’d been stupid to take the aur out of the stable on an afternoon like this, mad or not. His anger often got the better of him. His cheek still stung where his father had backhanded him. |
He awoke with a start. Instead of a downpour, a soft but steady rain fell outside, soothing in its pitter-patter. The pain in his leg had lessened. Jey opened his eyes. Where the hell am I? Firelight flickered across the rough cavern ceiling, creating strange twisting shadows, and someone was whistling a melancholy tune. He stared at the rocky ceiling above him for a minute, trying to make sense of things. His head still ached, and his thoughts were as slow as hencha sap. This isn’t home. |
As the days grew steadily shorter, Avain felt a companionship growing between them. He wasn’t sure what Jey was to him, exactly, but he was something more than just a steader. Through his emp, Avain could feel Jey’s slow-simmering anger, especially when he first returned from his hunting trips. Anger at being trapped here, no doubt. At feeling like a caged animal. He could do something about that, something to help Jey feel human again. |
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