Brent Heighton After the Rain

Lat coat of arms, was complete. She looked back at Mort.
'Never mind thirdly,' she said, 'let's get back to secondly.'
An hour later dawn reached the city. Daylight on the Disc flows rather than rushes, because light is slowed right down by the world's standing magical field, and it rolled across the flat lands like a golden sea. The city on the mound Mort looked at her in horror.
'Did you want to die?'
'Of course I didn't. But it looks as though what people stood out like a sandcastle in the tide for a moment, until the day swirled around it and crept onwards.Mort and Keli sat side by side on her bed. The hourglass lay between them. There was no sand left in the top bulb.From outside came the sounds of the castle waking up.'I still don't understand this,' she said. 'Does it mean I'm dead, or doesn't it?''It means you ought to be dead,' he said, 'according to fate or whatever. I haven't really studied the theory,''And you should have killed me?''No! I mean, no, the assassin should have killed you. I did try to explain all that,' said Mort.'Why didn't you let him?'