Rash and Regretful Acts (Len's Song, 2022 edition, Snippet 4)

A story fragment from the Dustsong Cycle

(Read Len’s Song, 2022 version, Snippet 3.)

Ahead was a stream, the self-same creek Len had already crossed. There were subtle breaks in the hills to either side that he couldn’t see before, where the stream cut through the ridges on its westward course to the river. The men’s shouts dwindled in his mind; the need to put distance betwixt himself and any other person, every other person, consumed his focus. He seemed to pour the sweat out of his whole body, hot and cold at once.