The Way They Fell

A plume of dust spews out of the mountainside, burying the valley in grey. No one knows what it is. No one knows whether it will stop. The colony watches as the powder grows, and they wait for the elders to decide their fate. But no announcement comes. The members are forced to decide whether to break convention and act on their own or wait for a decision they're not sure will come.

It takes this cataclysmic event for Teka to realize that she wanted independence all along. Tiladon challenges...