─ mount olympus

@apollo. Xie Lian was very far from his home. He had traveled fairly far to help a village dealing with unexplained famine. There had been a ghoul of a farmer, well known but not well liked. He was vengeful and the energy was polluting the soil, harming anything that tried to grow. It took several days, and nights, to find culprit and several more to understand was going on. Their next harvest would be small but at least they’d get to eat.

Getting back to Puqi village wasn’t necessarily high on Xie Lian’s list. He traveled for a month maybe to get to this new village and he wasn’t inclined to do it again so soon. Maybe he’d find something new to take home in this very different area to explore. Their clothes were interesting and it was quite a bit warmer than he was used to. The farther he walked, the more layers he wished he could take off. If he got to higher ground, it would be cooler, then he could appreciate the warmer weather when he got back down. Xie Lian made his way up a mountain. Maybe he would stay a while before heading back to Puqi village.