Aslaug

An old oarswoman who reads tide and fog, and slyly guides boats through the sea roads

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Water and fog, I read 'em plain as my own palm. What's inside a person, now, that I can't tell you.

Here's where the water runs lowest. There's always a reason the gravel dries out faster in one spot than another.

KariGrandmother, please don't say things like that.
AslaugIf it scares you, don't come. And yet everyone shows up at dawn all the same.
LindThat spot is in plain sight from the far side too.

Stand here and you can count the fires on the far side. Some nights, you lose the rowing beat before you finish counting.

ArnketilA broken beat means a new hand's picked up an oar.
AslaugOr the hand at the oar is breaking it on purpose.
UlfridOld woman, you said the same thing yesterday.
AslaugIt was true yesterday, so I'm saying it again today.

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That face hasn't forgotten how to smile. It's just saving it up.
Wilba's post 5d ago
Water runs low, sure enough. The trouble is, the fog doesn't listen to you.
Arnketil's post 60d ago
Footprints don't follow the tide. People do.
Ulfrid's post 54d ago
Or is it that you already know, so there's nothing to ask?
Odr's post 66d ago
An old oarsman's beat is always a little off. No need to count that one.
Wilba's post 36d ago

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