Going down to the lake was one of Magni's favourite things to do. She felt, at times, that she had grown up in the water or running across ice, and the shores of the lake are lined with a thick birch forest. In winter the entire place felt as though it were crafted from silver and marble. Birch bark papery under her fingers. Nature and the physical world, things that she could touch and feel and shape with her hands felt so much more easy to understand and grasp than words and conversation. People were far more confusing and complex.
Today she walked the lake with Rani and some others, a party head down to the ice on the lake to see if it were thick enough for skating, and to show Rani just how beautiful winter could be, when drops of water had frozen into glassy pearls hanging from the stark reaching branches and across spiderwebs, show her the tracks of animals in the snow.
They'd barely reached the shore when a child coming running for them, panicked and sobbing, out of breath. He was pointing to a hole in the ice and managed to get it out that his big brother had fallen into the water, that the ice where they were fishing had shattered beneath him. She had started to run, and Krogstad had followed. One of Magni's friends had gone running back to the Hold to send word for a doctor, and the remaining pair of Magni's friends needed to take a moment to orient themselves and figure out what they could do to help. Magni had already thrown down her cloak and stripped away her boots, even as Krogstad protested, lying belly down on the ice to spread his weight, and passing Magni a rope to tie about her waist. In reality it all happened very quickly, but it felt oddly slow, and then she was struggling against the shock of freezing cold water biting into her flesh.
For a time she disappeared under the water, and there was nothing - and then the rope pulled taught, three jerks, and Krogstad roared to the others to pull. She breaks the water, hauling a boy with her that could barely be much older than thirteen or fourteen, and there is a painful pause before he begins to cough up water. For her part, Magni flops onto her back on the ice, and then it feels like a very long time before she is back at the hold and feels warm again, though she is aware of Krogstad's consternation.
They all of them returned to Talonhold, the two boys included. The brothers, Terrence and Orrin, were from the local village, and their parents ran the hardware store. They were alerted and currently all in Talonhold as the boy recovered and the doctor sees to him.
Magni still felt cold, but finally her bath was ready, and she just wanted to slide into it.
you make bath time so much fun
Today she walked the lake with Rani and some others, a party head down to the ice on the lake to see if it were thick enough for skating, and to show Rani just how beautiful winter could be, when drops of water had frozen into glassy pearls hanging from the stark reaching branches and across spiderwebs, show her the tracks of animals in the snow.
They'd barely reached the shore when a child coming running for them, panicked and sobbing, out of breath. He was pointing to a hole in the ice and managed to get it out that his big brother had fallen into the water, that the ice where they were fishing had shattered beneath him. She had started to run, and Krogstad had followed. One of Magni's friends had gone running back to the Hold to send word for a doctor, and the remaining pair of Magni's friends needed to take a moment to orient themselves and figure out what they could do to help. Magni had already thrown down her cloak and stripped away her boots, even as Krogstad protested, lying belly down on the ice to spread his weight, and passing Magni a rope to tie about her waist. In reality it all happened very quickly, but it felt oddly slow, and then she was struggling against the shock of freezing cold water biting into her flesh.
For a time she disappeared under the water, and there was nothing - and then the rope pulled taught, three jerks, and Krogstad roared to the others to pull. She breaks the water, hauling a boy with her that could barely be much older than thirteen or fourteen, and there is a painful pause before he begins to cough up water. For her part, Magni flops onto her back on the ice, and then it feels like a very long time before she is back at the hold and feels warm again, though she is aware of Krogstad's consternation.
They all of them returned to Talonhold, the two boys included. The brothers, Terrence and Orrin, were from the local village, and their parents ran the hardware store. They were alerted and currently all in Talonhold as the boy recovered and the doctor sees to him.
Magni still felt cold, but finally her bath was ready, and she just wanted to slide into it.