It is a phenomenon of such spots that any noise is encapsulated in this ringing stillness, and made strangely… — Tanith Lee
It is a phenomenon of such spots that any noise is encapsulated in this ringing stillness, and made strangely tiny, however loud. The shouts of bandits and the squeaks of fauna sound as if confined in bubbles, a symbol of their impermanence. Only the desert endures.
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