SKY and IRON

SKY tradition

All she has left of her mother are photos and memories and a family tradition of flames, and she won’t let him take them from her

SKY grief

he is the one who needs help, because what is she doing but grieving

IRON humans and god

He had been there longer than the loud pale apes, longer even than the quieter darker ones who had arrived earlier

IRON river

He could see the iron they sunk into his rivers

IRON power

but he could not stop them, for his power was limited to the rivers, while they swamped over everything

IRON iorny

for who could kill a river