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One autumn when the gulls were thinner and the moon rode low and coppered, a stranger came through town. He carried a lantern that hummed like bees and a map with no lines, only a smear of ink that clung at one corner and faded into blankness. He asked about routes that led nowhere and languages that sounded like rain. The townsfolk shrugged and closed shutters. Mara, hearing the hum of his lantern, followed.
One autumn when the gulls were thinner and the moon rode low and coppered, a stranger came through town. He carried a lantern that hummed like bees and a map with no lines, only a smear of ink that clung at one corner and faded into blankness. He asked about routes that led nowhere and languages that sounded like rain. The townsfolk shrugged and closed shutters. Mara, hearing the hum of his lantern, followed.