[ wilt & bloom ]

• 'rot hen, a dark beast of slight and slithers . . . '
• butterflies and moths and beetles and cockroaches have domain of this land, where the flowers are bright and the berries overripe, sweet and heady and repugnant. they grow larger than they have any right to be.
• { growth } is fickle, fickle, fickle, and you have more power than you ever imagined.
• the waters are choked with mud and algae. decay will feed the bloom, and the { blooming court } feasts every night.
• { the withering throne } is pale as bone, and its ruler plucks the eyes out of dead birds. her corpse-mouth is red with the hearts of small, dead creatures.
• the powers-that-be are cunning and sly, falser than vows made in wine. do not be deceived.