MARBLEWICK

DRAGONS DIE

dragons die. their names don't.

the dragons fell. the eggs waited. one of them just hatched.

— hatch them. name them. carry them home —

  1. hi. you cracked your shell.
  2. you're really here. you actually—
  3. sorry. let me— hi.
  4. i'm peggs. i was a lil guy when the Hush came. an egg, almost.
  5. i hid as many of the others as i could carry.
  6. every shell i kept warm could be the next marblewick.
  7. could be. could not be. that’s the deal.
  8. you fly. we find out.

— peggs, the hold

the hold, the reach, the long table

  • a shell cracks. the bell rings once.
    a shell cracks. the bell rings once.
  • you fly out. peggs watches the horizon.
    you fly out. peggs watches the horizon.
  • the reach is plain. picker, bog thing, old nurse.
    the reach is plain. picker, bog thing, old nurse.
  • their breath is who they were going to be.
    their breath is who they were going to be.
  • the long table keeps a chair for everyone.
    the long table keeps a chair for everyone.
  • home before the hearth goes cold.
    home before the hearth goes cold.