Time Makes You Bolder
100 Lyrics into Stories — No68
“Do you understand what you’re risking?” Lasya asked the old man from Redd Hall. “You could breathe your last out there.”
“I’m nothing without my fire,” he replied, his knotted hands on the wooden staff he carried. “You would learn a thing or two if you followed the ways of Old.”
“The ways of Old?”
“The mages’ code,” the man rasped. “I live and die by it.”
“This is war,” Lasya emphasized, hoping he would understand what was at stake for them all.
But he shook his head. “I have never stood down. I don’t plan to do so now.”
This is my third take on the 100 Story Challenge! Lyrics define these stories, and this piece‘s title was inspired by “Landslide” from Fleetwood Mac.
For the other stories in this iteration, check out the link below:
If you missed out on rounds one and two, I’ve linked both my original 100 Story Challenge list as well as my 100 Faces in 100 Stories list below for your…
