Chapter 7
People peered out from their shuttered windows and closed doorways. It was rare to hear laughter other than the cackling laugh of a madman. This was the melodic laugh of a girl and a boy, both obviously having fun.
Several people frowned, vaguely remembering times when laughing used to be a daily occurrence. Long before the Dark King took the land, long before the wars.
They saw two people who were nearly the size of adults but who behaved like children. They flung mud at each other and apparently thought that was either funny or fun. Most of the residents couldn’t remember the difference between the two, and that annoyed them.
After watching them for a minute, they shuttered their windows and shut their doors, mumbling about how strange things got when the moon grew full. It
