Thimbleful Thursday: Envelope

"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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