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Today's Prompt (Jan 22):
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—That's NOT an Halcyon! That's a DRAGON!
—That's his name. Halcyon. I never said he was a bird.
—You said we had to pick up an halcyon.
—No. Pick up Halcyon. Not the same thing. You never listen. Why do you think we brought the big truck? to waste the fuel we don't have? We must take him to his mountain.
—Can't he fly?
—Didn't tell me, I didn't ask. Not my problem. He paid us, we'll take him where he tell us.
—He paid?
—Yes! See the bag there? Full of gold.
—Weeell…
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For the first while, floating in zero gravity had unnerved her; it felt too much like a free fall.
But now she lay, head back like she was floating in a pool. Nothing imposed on her; she could close her eyes and drift away in her thoughts.
In her mind she wandered back to sunshine, and summer. Her body could now feel as light as her heart did in those glorious days.
Today's Prompt 22 Jan: halcyon
Late December, when night fell earliest, the winds whipped the waves into a grey-green frenzy that threatened to sink the fool of a captain with his ship and cargo.
He talked of a nesting bird that would calm the briny tempest, so they would have plain sailing to their destination. He swore at his crew, "The Halcyon, ya basstids!", and they swore back, "Ya mad basstid!".