Chapter 124

• Shaelan took the free time Nona had given her to walk around the village. A lot had changed while she was away, but in some ways, it would never change, she knew that. She loved her home, and most of the people in it—there was just something she couldn’t put her finger on that made it feel out of sorts all the time. She couldn’t see herself anywhere else, but didn’t always want to be here either.
• There were many new buildings she’d have to familiarize herself with. Wouldn’t be good if the healer got lost when she was needed. She hadn’t asked Nona what the head count was now, but she was guessing their little village was large enough to warrant the title of small town. However, to be a town, it would have to have a name, which to her knowledge it didn’t. It was just ‘the village’.
• Despite being secluded, there was a store with basic items you’d find in any other store, only more rustic, without things like slushy machines and other fancy automations. They had power, so it was possible, just too frivolous. Their power came from wind and water, which wasn’t always constant, so there were times of lights out early to let the storage systems recharge. The endless power she saw when she was away had been a marvel. So too was the shower, the water pressure was unlike anything she’d experienced, and if she could admit to missing one thing in that other place… that would be it.