Location:Obsidian Academy — The Lower Hall
Date/Time:2 Ashwhisper, 9942 AZI — Continuous
Realm:Lower Realm
Nothing moved in the hall for a while after that. A chair creaked somewhere behind Bai Shu and stopped, and the lamp had burned down far enough that the far end of the room had gone to shadow without anybody noticing it happen.
Then Kiran spoke, which he had not done since Eden put the papers into their hands.
"The sixth," he said.
"Yes."
"You have just used a number that is ten thousand years out, and you said it the way other people say next spring." He was looking at the table rather than at her. "I would like to put the part of it that is mine on the floor now, in front of everybody, because if I carry it out of this room I will be carrying it for a month."
"Go on."
