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Fantasy Novel Excerpt
Jun. 12th, 2009 10:46 amVery much just getting started, but I already have this:
The girl gave Bergen a long, elaborating look.
"You're little," she said, not quite making an accusation of it.
"I'm an elf," said Bergen, grinning.
"Oh," she said.
She took a moment to integrate this information into her worldview, then resumed her flight.
"Alicia! Alicia!" the leader of the woman chasing her cried out. "Stop, dear, before you get hurt!"
Given the flushed faces of those plump matrons, Bergen decided they were at far higher risk than the child.
"The King's great-granddaughter," said Magda, with a rueful laugh. "Affectionately known as Princess Handful."
"Alicia Nantes," said another plump matron, this one even more elegantly dressed and not even offering to exert herself. "My daughter. Who someday will be the terror of an allied court."
The girl gave Bergen a long, elaborating look.
"You're little," she said, not quite making an accusation of it.
"I'm an elf," said Bergen, grinning.
"Oh," she said.
She took a moment to integrate this information into her worldview, then resumed her flight.
"Alicia! Alicia!" the leader of the woman chasing her cried out. "Stop, dear, before you get hurt!"
Given the flushed faces of those plump matrons, Bergen decided they were at far higher risk than the child.
"The King's great-granddaughter," said Magda, with a rueful laugh. "Affectionately known as Princess Handful."
"Alicia Nantes," said another plump matron, this one even more elegantly dressed and not even offering to exert herself. "My daughter. Who someday will be the terror of an allied court."
