Lumière (The Illumination Paradox) - Plot & Excerpts
Urlick dismounts for what feels like the umpteenth time so far, and pushes, only to sink into the bog himself. “Get off,” he shouts. “Quickly.” He’s up to his knees in the bog. “Stand over there.” He points to firmer ground about ten meters away, holding out his hand to help me from the bike. I jump from the back and my boots become immediately stuck. I struggle to pull myself out and something chatters in the trees beside me, less than a stone’s cast away from the cycle. Teeth. It’s the sound of criminals chattering their teeth. Urlick sucks in a sharp breath. “Hurry,” he says. “We haven’t much time.” I try again to free myself and my boot disappears into the depths of the bog, almost to my knee. Urlick turns to me, mud-faced and panicked, struggling to save the cycle from a similar fate. “Keep moving, Eyelet, don’t stand still. It’s the only way to get loose!”
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