Literature
A.S. Race to the Finish Ch. 2
Back at the cottage, Lir is staring into the pond, watching the fish as they swim in the murky depths. Yaz and Gez sit beside him. Lir looks up at the clouds chasing each other in the vast blue sky. Birds sing from the trees, and sunlight warms everything up pleasantly. Among the pond reeds, a small black snake cools himself off. On the shore, a water vole nibbles at some seeds. Turtles sun themselves on a log. The cattle snooze, and the horses graze carelessly. Lir sighs. There's been a death, a hideous murder. Yet, life goes on as usual. "L'irr, I'm sorry River snapped at you like that," Gez says, interrupting Lir's thoughts. "But why? I've