Thimbleful Thursday: Envelope

[aldersprig]

"What.... what is it?"

Esuyp had been locked up in the old building for months on end, emerging only to do her required part of the settlement's labor and fix the things that needed fixing, sometimes to eat and even more rarely to sleep.  Qiameth had been running back and forth between Esuyp's workshop -- so they all assumed it was -- and the old school buildings, muttering to herself.

Now the thing -- the result of every minute of leisure time for two people for over half a year in a settlement where everyone was working steadily -- was out in the middle of the Green and the whole settlement was staring at it.

"What is it?" repeated the Eldest.  

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Comments

[kelkyag]

"Supreme self-confidence", "runs on chutzhpa", checks out.

Why an envelope, though? I mean, the prompt, yes, but that's quite a leap ...

P.S. Any particular pattern for what gets cross-posted or not? Would you rather collect all the commentating in one place?

[aldersprig]

Urrm, it's all supposed to be cross-posted unless it's an old Patreon post I'm archiving.

An envelope because it's a protective membrane which can be pushed.
;-)

[kelkyag]

That is some exciting mixing of different definitions of envelope. :-P

[aldersprig]

Something got lost in translation, more or less, since they are not speaking English as we know it now