Kumatora glances, not really focusing on Dinah or Leder.
"Destroyed?" Duster repeats, scritching at Boney while the dog snuggles in between him and Lucas.
Leder nods. "Naturally, it was humans who destroyed it. In the back of their minds, everyone had an inkling that it would happen at some point. And then it really did happen....and so, the world is no more. Everything so far has been about the end of the world. Did you understand all of it?"
Lucas nods, wide-eyed. He reaches over Kumatora's lap to hold both her and Dinah's hands. Kumatora pulls Lucas close to her with an arm around his shoulders.
"Just before the end of the world," Leder continues with another slight dip of his head. "A White Ship came to these islands. On it were all the people of Tazmily Village. Yes. Aboard the White Ship were those few who had managed to escape the world. The people on the ship still went by their names from the previous world. This White Ship plan had been set in place before the world was destroyed. And, although they're part of the world, these Nowhere Islands are a special place. They were the one place that would remain, even if the world was lost. The one and only place where people could survive. And so the White Ship arrived at these islands. Everything so far has been about the White Ship. Did you understand all of it?"
"I...I think so," Lucas answers again. "But how'd all this happen an' nobody talks about it?"
"Yeah," Kumatora adds. "I didn't know any of this."
"Me either," Duster chimes in.
Leder holds up a hand, indicating that the answer will come but his thoughts must continue on the course they're on now.
Re: The Story
"Destroyed?" Duster repeats, scritching at Boney while the dog snuggles in between him and Lucas.
Leder nods. "Naturally, it was humans who destroyed it. In the back of their minds, everyone had an inkling that it would happen at some point. And then it really did happen....and so, the world is no more. Everything so far has been about the end of the world. Did you understand all of it?"
Lucas nods, wide-eyed. He reaches over Kumatora's lap to hold both her and Dinah's hands. Kumatora pulls Lucas close to her with an arm around his shoulders.
"Just before the end of the world," Leder continues with another slight dip of his head. "A White Ship came to these islands. On it were all the people of Tazmily Village. Yes. Aboard the White Ship were those few who had managed to escape the world. The people on the ship still went by their names from the previous world. This White Ship plan had been set in place before the world was destroyed. And, although they're part of the world, these Nowhere Islands are a special place. They were the one place that would remain, even if the world was lost. The one and only place where people could survive. And so the White Ship arrived at these islands. Everything so far has been about the White Ship. Did you understand all of it?"
"I...I think so," Lucas answers again. "But how'd all this happen an' nobody talks about it?"
"Yeah," Kumatora adds. "I didn't know any of this."
"Me either," Duster chimes in.
Leder holds up a hand, indicating that the answer will come but his thoughts must continue on the course they're on now.