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In the index
Place
The Saltglass Coast
Where the sand fuses in the summer storms. Houses are built twice: once for the land, once for the water.
Everything in Arstallis is named twice — once for what it is, and once for what it was before. This is the index of it: the places the novels pass through, the people who keep them, and the things everyone there lives by.
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The index
What is in Arstallis
Written down as it turns up in the books. The index grows sideways more often than it grows longer.
02
In the index
PlaceLongwater
A river that changes its course politely, giving a season's notice by drying the ground it means to leave.
03
In the index
PersonMarren
Keeper of the crossing. Lights the lamp, writes down who passes, and is not required to say why.
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In the index
PersonThe Cartographers' Guild
Draws maps of what Arstallis will be, not what it is. Held responsible for both.
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In the index
ThingThe boundary stone
Marks the edge of the named world. Has been moved four times, always outward, never by the same hands.
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In the index
ThingSecond names
Every place carries the name it had before. Saying the old one aloud is a formal act, and not always a safe one.
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