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**** The Norns ****
*** Chapter 3: The Norns ***
“Urðr, the grumpy, old one,” Mai repeated, then gave up. “Too hard. ‘Uror’ will have to do. Verðandi, the overworked, mature one, I’ll call her Ver. And Skuld, my young guide.”
“I am Mai Tearmoon.” Mai did her best to curtsy in her bulky, wet riding outfit. It steamed in the fire’s warmth. Mai worried it might burst into flames if the fuzzy wool got too hot. She pictured herself bursting like a dandelion head into a puff of fire.
“I am pleased to meet you,” she said, backing away from the fire.
“Worry not,” Ver said.
“Ver, the mature one,” Mai repeated.
“I hold no thread of flame.” Ver #produce(d) a red thread lightly mottled with white, as if to prove her point.
Her words made no sense. “Maybe she’s touched. Weird.”
“Is the stew ready?” Skuld, the youngest, said. “Our guest is hungry, and I see it is the thread you currently hold, sister.”
“Weirdness isn’t exclusive to Ver. The three wyrd sisters, but she’s right. I’m hungry.”
Mai might’ve figured out who her hosts were, if her sugar-starved brain hadn’t gone to sleep hours ago, dreaming of tea cakes and Equestria milk.—Forget that. Mai would never have guessed she was among the three Norns.
“Almost,” Ver said. “The mushrooms are bitter if they don’t cook enough. You must carefully weave fate’s garments.”
“My sister is meticulous. She likes things just one way. While I like wide-open opportunity,” Skuld said.
“I like things that do not change,” Uror said.
Mai whispered to herself, “Uror, the old crabby one.”
“It’s ready,” Ver said, reaching for a bowl.
“At last,” Mai thought while her stomach loudly proclaimed its agreement.
(Part 3 of a #Serial in 4 parts. To be continued.)
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