9.1 outrage and deception


Disqueting thought
Brings a chill into the air,
Heavy with deceit.

9.2 the good of the many


The snow does not fall,
and in deeply dug channels,
Ice water trickles.

9.3 game of chance


Errors of the great,
Which the small must wash away...
Drop by crimson drop.

9.4 redshirt


Life-giving raindrops
Cannot hope to quench the thirst
Of the fallen trees.

9.5 empty sparks


Understanding not,
The mind may seize strange notions,
Vague shadows of dread.

9.6 visitor from vos


Nothing like a joke,
To cheer up a worried friend,
If that's the purpose.

9.7 versus vos


The weather changes,
and the wind blows from the south,
Bearing smoke from Vos.

9.8 vos versa


Secrets will get out.
No door can keep them hidden,
When somebody knows.

9.9 sanctuary


Another sunrise.
The dreaded day creeps closer...
Look the other way.

9.10 under cast


One glassy optic,
With a bright and cheerful gleam!
How can we help you?

9.11 our own devices


Alone with his thoughts,
The thoughts which he may not own,
What's his burning need?

9.13 the furnace


Burning, consuming,
An ocean can not quench them,
The fires blaze within.

9.13 the flame


A fire, extinguished,
Still smolders within embers,
Ready to burst forth.

9.14 rekindled


She swore to return,
And she has made good the vow,
But how can this be?

9.15 graveyard shift


Faces forgotten,
Names left among the living,
The land of the dead.

9.16 seeing her shadow


Lost to the Microns,
But feared by Seeker guardsmen...
The ghosts of the mines.

9.17 deadly medicine


What is that flower,
That blooms so bright in winter?
It was called Fort Scyk.

9.18 shadow of a shinki


Look in the mirror.
What do we see, looking back?
Who can ever know?

9.19 unreliable witness


Determination.
The bold chart their destiny,
Steering Fortune's wheel.

9.20 master of sparks


Laugh now, Overcast.
In the shadows below you,
A stronger storm grows!

9.21 Recap


Many yarns have crossed,
But the half-knitted pattern
Remains incomplete.