Us Gnomes Stick Together
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Skeeter stood at the end of the bridge connecting Ynys Bari to Ynys Denligh, wondering if the tale was true. Old Alvyn Wrenchman said that there were islands that actually rose up out of the ocean, that gnomes once traveled on ships that used the wind and sails to make them plow through the water from one island to another. What old Alvyn said next had to be stretching the truth. He said the airships gnomes now used were little different from the ships back then.
Skeeter shook his head, trying to imagine a gnomish caravel hoisted by a large gas-filled envelope, thrust forward by two whirling propellers at the back of the sterncastle, bouncing along on top of the water. What sane captain would want to do that? The water would just slow him down as well as b
