ash-particles

Updated: May 9, 2025

Then the fire died swiftly and snow-white ash-particles drifted down on every hand. The boy in the brown tunic cried out fiercely. He held out his hand with the thing that had cut metal glittering in it. Soames faced the fourteen-year-old grimly. The boy's face was contorted. There was more than anger in it. The boy in the green tunic clenched and unclenched his hands.

Murray Leinster - Long Ago, Far Away