Usually the three orbs continued blistering the citizens until they literally smoldered in anticipation of cooler weather. But today offered a delightful respite from the heat. While thin smears of clouds drifted lazily across a blue sky, people basked in the orblight or else shivered in the shade. It was a happy day for the good people of Win, South of the Glade. All fifteen of the town’s senior students had completed their exams and their formal education. The whole town had turned out to celebrate. A woman with bright auburn hair was standing just in front of the old schoolhouse. Her clothes were homespun and ragged around the edges, but the vest she wore over the top of her frock was bright green. It looked like it was from the city and set off her eyes nicely. She was beautiful, although her beauty was not so much in her figure, which was about average. Nor was it in her hair, although it blazed red in the autore orblight. It was more in the laugh-lines around her eyes and her generous smile.
