Chapter 16

shinies move — so so so bright — misplaced child walks beside — shines dim but alien — shiny priest magic touches other priest far away on same leys — other priest says GOD IS DEAD —  shiny sun asks shiny moon for advice about dead gods — shiny moon only knows quiet moon not talking sun — shinies pick stillness-place — not as designed as stillness where we ate shiny —  wandering watch quietly — shinies do not see — wandering seer sees us — shhhhh seer —  shinies compete to find the most tasties — soup orator magic touches wise pointy tasty but does not win — moon hunter and fugitive find many tasties with strange wings — stick throwers each find ground arteries but separately — one also finds tasty future kernels — metal encased find water tasties together —  wandering elder reveals to shinies — shinies accept wandering and wandering remain tasty — wandering elder tells shiny orator silence juice from magic is worse — slowly become silent together — fur and clothes on wandering angry not-child amuse shinies — shiny sadness shows wandering not-child to play with death toys — wandering not-child has a future ending more tasties than even shiny killer — shiny helper magic touches for wandering renewer — shiny soup refugee makes water with once-tasties to keep wanderers and shinies tasty — wandering coordinator puts once-tasties in water — they are friends — wandering seer puts hateful blot on shiny thief — stop it seer  wandering futures play with shinies — shiny past collector only talks to futures — looks at specific shinies with eyes to make more tasties — makes shininess visible in same leys — looks scared when magic touches nearby — wandering talker and shiny prankster share sadistic mirth —  most shinies and wanderers become silent — hard to hear shinies as they become still —  shiny priest magic touches sun — wanderers wander — shinies walk