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@this-is-not-an-alien

You are so funny, Ms. Cathy!

So,…Just for You…Rather than my being a “Tortellini” (Ring-shaped pasta), I shall prove the better,…being the “Farfalle” that I truly am 😉… I shall provide you with the next brief scene (#3) in the Prologue that followed the sequence of Scene 2: “A Meeting of Monsters”.  [Helpful Pasta Reference Guide: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_pasta ]

Book title: Excavatia: From Dust Arise [Book 1]
Moniker: @obrian-of-the-surface-world
Audio Link: Prologue – The Beachhead – (Scene 3): Sea Sighting
Text: (58 Words) [28 seconds audio]

She [Noadiah] saw the traveler struggling inside, what appeared to be, the remains of a rowboat, taking on water, being swamped by the surfeiting waves. She scowled, trying to get a better look through the old eyes.

When she finally saw the terrified occupant of the small craft, she smiled broadly.

“A little girl”, she thought to herself, “Perfect.”

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So, here’s some of the remaining… (I have currently recorded audio that goes all the way up to Scene 5 of Chapter 8, but here’s a sample of what’s available. Some of these are much longer scenes, that exceed the parameters of this exercise.)

Prologue – The Beachhead
Scene 4 – 08:56 (the lifeboat)
Scene 5 – 04:39 (the Xarmnian scout)

Chapter 1 – Out of The Shallows
Scene 1 – 02:22 (the betrayal in the prior quest)
Scene 2 – 07:01 (the memory bridge crossing)
Scene 3 – 09:17 (the return to the Mid-World beach)
Scene 4 – 16:52 (breathe it in)
Scene 5 – 24:37 (watcher in the cave)
Scene 6 – 25:36 (awakening on the beach)
Scene 7 – 29:17 (meeting the wandering child)
Scene 8 – 01:16 (the Xarmnian scouts)
Scene 9 – 02:07 (following the child)
Scene 10 – 05:07 (arrival of others)
Scene 11 – 08:13 (sowing in the seventh)
Scene 12 – 14:21 (memories of the past beginning)
Scene 13 – 18:00 (welcome to the Mid-World)
Scene 14 – 25:51 (going inland)

Chapter 2 – “Writing From Prisons”
Scene 1 – 01:05:00 (the beginning marks)
Scene 2 – 18:46 (the old hillside cabin)
Scene 3 – 23:03 (haunted occupant)
Scene 4 – 31:31 (the man under the river)
Scene 5 – 45:35 (the buried beast below)
Scene 6 – 52:41 (parallax at the grotto)
Scene 7 – 01:10:17 (the sound and fury)