Wednesday, 1 November 2017

A Hilltop Homestead

The narrow outbacker roads become rivers in heavy rain. These guys live outdoors a lot but have to take shelter then. A low, log and stone hilltop homestead has an overgrown sod roof, invisible from above. No woodland buildings are locked. Inside, the lamps are micro-cultures in glass globes and the heat source is fuel oil. There is a well-stocked larder.

A Meal
white tablecloth
candlelight
crystal goblets
red wine
horn utensils
obsidian knives
stylized, Arulian-influenced paintings on the walls
no music
the sound of the storm

We are not told what they eat so this post does not join the Food Thread.
at

1 comment:

  1. Sean M. Brooks1 November 2017 at 14:38

    Kaor, Paul!

    As S.M. Stirling pointed out in another combox, I think OUR technology could have detected this house, esp. from sensing HEAT, from either power sources or human bodies.

    I fear the surveillance technology Anderson had the Imperials using in "Outpost Of Empire" was dated.

    Sean

    ReplyDelete