Zshurii's Song (Snippet 5)

A story fragment from the Eastsong Cycle

(Read Zshurii’s Song, Snippet 4)

The other soldiers stepped forward, too, and they all drew from the set of plain, smooth-sanded hardwood sticks Arawah produced from a belt pouch. Whoever drew the long straw would hold the horses whenever they dismounted to fight on foot. The short straw meant carrying the banner of their seven.