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REVISED EDITION of THE GREEN MAN of DESTINY — Part 2/Forest & Pastoral
Green Man 38/ Northernmost Fortress
Gren Goes On Alone While the Other Three Go Back
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Zol, Tuk, Lo said their farewells to Gren.
Gren strapped the sword to his back underneath his pack. He stood acknowledging the seven directions: North, South, East, West, Up, Down, and Inside. He went inside. He found his inner compass — true. Saw a picture of the Fortress. And stepped north and a tiny bit east. Forward he went until after ten minutes the light of day faded into night.
The other two moved away from the glaciers and the snowfall. They marched onto a bleak plain with contrasts of grey, black, and pale green, locked in permafrost. They pushed south past the permafrost to the coast of a great sea.
Gren held his hands in front of his body. The sword at the hilt flew into his hands. It lit up and…
