Tamara realizes that the people and even the God of Skula:
"...had come from Skula itself, with winter seas in their veins." (p. 920)
Magnus Ryerson thinks that he gets his God from the Bible but the Northern environment has had an input.
The wind makes Tamara's cloak flap "...like black wings." (ibid.)
Having stayed out in the cold all day to avoid her father-in-law, Tamara re-enters his house and:
"The wind and the sea growl came in with her." (p. 93)
Closing the door, she shuts out:
"...all but a mumble and whine under the eaves..." (ibid.)
Growl, mumble and whine!
Magnus refers to "'...grav-beam contact...'" (p. 94) with the Southern Cross, thus confirming that it is only a gravitational beam that links mattercaster transmitters and receivers.
After he has roared at Tamara:
"His words rang away into emptiness. For a while only the wind and a few tiny flames had voice. Down on the strand, the sea worried the island like a terrier with a rat." (ibid.)
When she opens the door to leave:
"...the wind came straight in and hit Magnus across the face." (p. 98)
- as it whips Dahut in The King of Ys.
The wind not only continually comments but also sometimes acts.
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
I would expect the harsh, stormy climate of the north Atlantic Ocean to affect the peoples living in or bordering it: Iceland, Norway, the Shetland and Orkney islands, Scotland, the Hebrides, etc.
Ad astra! Sean
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