Deepmarch Ford

Year 1

Marks upon the land

Chronicle

• There is a track worn to your door now. Nobody decided on it. It simply is where people walk. — Summer of Year 1Because of “Call them in”, Spring of Year 1
• It is still there. It was always going to still be there. That is the part nobody warns you about. — Summer of Year 1Because of “Dig, and find out”, Spring of Year 1
• Give them a roof — Summer of Year 1
• A second one comes, and asks for you by the description the first one gave. It is not an unkind description. — Spring of Year 1Because of “Call them in”, Spring of Year 1
• You hold. Nothing is gained and nothing is lost, and by the thaw that reads as a considerable achievement. — Spring of Year 1Because of “Hold what you have”, Spring of Year 1
• Hold what you have — Spring of Year 1
• You cut it badly and slowly, and the last three letters are crowded because you misjudged the space. — Spring of Year 1Because of “Cut a stone, and put your own words on it”, Spring of Year 1
• Cut a stone, and put your own words on it — Spring of Year 1
• They go on in the morning. Whatever they say about you downriver, they say it first. — Spring of Year 1Because of “Call them in”, Spring of Year 1
• From up here you can see smoke a long way off, in three directions. Whoever is making it can see yours. — Spring of Year 1Because of “Build on the rise, where you can see”, Spring of Year 1
• You call across. They come, slowly, and they eat like it has been a while. — Spring of Year 1Because of “Call them in”, Spring of Year 1
• Call them in — Spring of Year 1
• It goes down further than a foundation needs to. There is a room. It is dry, and it is not empty. — Spring of Year 1Because of “Dig, and find out”, Spring of Year 1
• Dig, and find out — Spring of Year 1
• Burn what you have and sleep warm — Spring of Year 1
• You put the first post in on the high ground, where the wind gets at it. — Spring of Year 1Because of “Build on the rise, where you can see”, Spring of Year 1
• Build on the rise, where you can see — Spring of Year 1

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