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'''Achilles Weaves a Cocoon''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in ''[[Season of the Splicer]]'', with entries acquired by completing seasonal [[Triumphs]] from that season. It follows [[Namrask]], an Eliksni trying to shed his violent past by becoming a weaver and the experiences he went through. | '''Achilles Weaves a Cocoon''' is a [[Lore]] book introduced in ''[[Season of the Splicer]]'', with entries acquired by completing seasonal [[Triumphs]] from that season. It follows [[Namrask]], an Eliksni trying to shed his violent past by becoming a weaver and the experiences he went through. | ||
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==I: Eggcloth== | ==I: Eggcloth== | ||
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"Bring me broken eggs," Namrask begs, "and I will make eggcloth. How will the hatchlings be swaddled if no one weaves the eggcloth for them?" | "Bring me broken eggs," Namrask begs, "and I will make eggcloth. How will the hatchlings be swaddled if no one weaves the eggcloth for them?" | ||
The Drekhs watch as he uses his teeth to separate the eggshell from the thin, fibrous membrane beneath. He tears it into long fibers and fastens them to his loom as the warp—the threads that run top to bottom. With two hands, he holds the loom in his lap. Carefully, he chisels open the warp with a third hand; moving too quickly will snap the eggthread. | The [[Dreg|Drekhs]] watch as he uses his teeth to separate the eggshell from the thin, fibrous membrane beneath. He tears it into long fibers and fastens them to his loom as the warp—the threads that run top to bottom. With two hands, he holds the loom in his lap. Carefully, he chisels open the warp with a third hand; moving too quickly will snap the eggthread. | ||
His life depends on this. His fourth hand swiftly passes the shuttle through the warp, drawing the first weft across. The thread does not snap; he has woven. | His life depends on this. His fourth hand swiftly passes the shuttle through the warp, drawing the first weft across. The thread does not snap; he has woven. | ||
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"You." | "You." | ||
Namrask looks up, carefully. Phylaks's shock pistol is pressed to his brow. She puts the weapon down between them, a sign of truce, and makes the ireliis bow of respect. "You have the size of an old fighter. Why not come forward?" | Namrask looks up, carefully. Phylaks's [[Shock Pistol|shock pistol]] is pressed to his brow. She puts the weapon down between them, a sign of truce, and makes the ireliis bow of respect. "You have the size of an old fighter. Why not come forward?" | ||
He is afraid his voice will fail. It comes out strong, but like another's voice: "I saw what happened the last time Eliksni reached for new power. And the time before that, and the time before that. I will not be part of it." | He is afraid his voice will fail. It comes out strong, but like another's voice: "I saw what happened the last time Eliksni reached for new power. And the time before that, and the time before that. I will not be part of it." | ||
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Namrask kneels, frozen in horror. He tears the patch from the radio and stalks away. "I cannot go with them!" he snarls. | Namrask kneels, frozen in horror. He tears the patch from the radio and stalks away. "I cannot go with them!" he snarls. | ||
Oeriks calls after him, but Namrask is too full of rage and fear. The Guardians surely will recognize him if he stands beneath | Oeriks calls after him, but Namrask is too full of rage and fear. The Guardians surely will recognize him if he stands beneath [[the Traveler]]. | ||
==VII: Time Is a Fabric== | ==VII: Time Is a Fabric== | ||