Oh! I like this very, very much. It has wonderful visual imagery. I would love to see it as film--wouldn't that be amazing? A lot of content for a ficlet. It is especially appealing to me this month since I just finished a Numenor story myself which will appear later in the month! Terrific story!

It might actually work as a film, with lots of documentary-style time lapse effects. That is what I was thinking. Or maybe even as a fabulous Japanese animated-fantasy-style by the likes of Studio Ghibli, with its illustrations based on time-lapse photos. Nevermind me! It would also be great if my skills equalled my imagination. Beautiful story!

It does read like a documentary movie! If I make sense here ;) But yes, lots and lots of images in front of my eyes wonderfully visualized :) Thank you for sharing (well, especially that I found out this collection was composed on a really short notice. Congrats!)