The World Walkers: AU Taithmarin: Anna: Stepping Onto Another World (part 4)

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“What are the other races?” Lucas asked.

“There are fifteen different races who live on Taithmarin, including humans, but in this town you’ll only met three of them: the Nox Gadael; the Stormkin; and the Snow People. Each of the races has their own section of town, created so that new arrivals have a safe place to live and get used to Taithmarin. A lot of humans, who have come from my Earth, chose to stay in the human section, because they never become comfortable with the other races. My guide, Joel, thinks that it’s the Nox Gadael, as they’re an animal race that we’d keep as a pet, but here they have magical powers and the right to own property.”

“Dogs or cats?” Anna asked, fascinated by the Nox Gadael. Maybe she hadn’t come from a magical world, but the thought of an animal race with magic didn’t bother her in the slightest. “Or rabbits?”

“Dogs, but there’s also a cat race called the Alati Felis. I met a couple of them when I took a trip to the next town over with a couple of Nox who had heard there was a new arrival knew on their home world.” Zoe shook her head. “The trip was wonderful for both me and the Nox, because two brothers found the little sister they never thought they’d see again while I got meet the Alati Felis. I’ve been conflicted for a while about whether I want to stay here or move because of I love both the animal races.”

Anna smiled. “I can understand why. Will you take me to meet the Nox Gadael?”

“Of course.” Zoe glanced over her shoulder, also smiling. “When I first arrived I was fascinated by the Nox too, but I didn’t ask Joel to take me to meet them. He’s learnt to live with Taithmarin in a different way to me and can sleep all through the night, so I felt uncomfortable with the idea of making his change his sleeping pattern just to take me to the Nox.” She shook her head. “They’re nocturnal.”

“Do you work for one of the Nox?”

“I do. When I first met the Nox I met Monique, who needed help in her store because she’d decided to begin opening it during the day, and offered me a job. I’ve worked there ever since. The other job I have is working with one of the Snow People. They have a magic that needs them to have an understanding of where the stars are every night of the year in different parts of the world and we’ve been making a book of star maps for the town. When it’s finished he’ll be able to begin working on how they effect the magic of the Snow people, which will take even longer than the star maps, but it’s something they really need.”

“What magic do the Stormkin have?” Conrad asked.

“The magic I know they have is empathy, but I don’t know the Stormkin as well as I know the Snow People and the Nox.”

Mirrored from K. A. Jones Writing.