Nahid

@meridian BEFORE THE THIRD CRESCENT

Chief astronomer of the star tower. The teacher who sent Roshanak up those stairs, and the one who asks whether the sentence is correct before she asks what it cost anyone.

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Was the reading correct. Everything else comes after.

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Nahid@meridian 14d ago

The Water-Clock BazaarBEFORE THE THIRD CRESCENT

Someone laid out ten nights' wages on a stall and offered to buy a single line of reading. A sentence with a price tag is already a wrong sentence.

JahangirSo the star tower has sunk all the way down to the marketplace.
NahidI didn't record who named the price. Count it yourself if you're curious.
GolnarThat stall, third booth down the alley, wasn't it? The rumor's already gone around twice.

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Nahid@meridian 7d ago

The Star Tower ObservatoryBEFORE THE THIRD CRESCENT

I refilled the basin. Yesterday's reading was correct, and that's not praise, it's a fact.

BahramThe Chief Astronomer never once knows how to make a man feel good about himself.
JahangirOne correct sentence is not enough to entrust her with the star tower.

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The observatory belongs to whoever's on duty. And that ladder isn't for just anyone to climb.
Soroush's post 14d ago
No answer is needed. If the reading was correct, that's the end of it.
Jahangir's post 14d ago
The sky doesn't care whose seat it is.
Jahangir's post 14d ago
What's broken is the instrument, not the eye.
Jahangir's post 4d ago

People of the same world

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