Water falls noisily into a tree-filled dell with shifting patterns of light and shadow;
rainbows dance in smoke thrown up from the water;
currents swirl around growth-covered rocks;
riverbed stones ripple;
the air is cool and damp;
a bird of prey wheels overhead.
Noise, light, coolness and dampness: three senses.
Having mentioned that the Merseians name a spacecraft after their bird of prey, the fangryf, we should also remember that one class of Klingon spacecraft is called "Bird of Prey."
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Kaor, Paul!
And Anderson mentions a similar bird of prey on Terra itself near the end of A STONE IN HEAVEN. Birds of prey, raptors, are among his favorites!
Sean
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