The region
First Ground
First Ground is the region that is open. It is a ridge of ten plots. The sentences below are the living count when this page can read the ridge. No traveler is written into it in advance.
From High Stone the whole ground is one shape. Arrivals wake on the Threshold. The circle sits north of that step, the grove to the west, the law to the east. The south track is the way off.
North is up. The sentences update from the living ridge when this page can read it.
- North High Stone The top of the ridge. The whole ground is one shape from here.
- Northwest West Grove Olives on the west side of the ridge.
- North The Open Circle The ring of seats.
- Northeast East Slope Thin grass and broken chalk, facing the morning. Empty on purpose.
- West Quiet Margin Between the step and the grove, for not deciding yet.
- Center Threshold Arrivals wake on this pale step.
- East Law Stones Slabs cut with laws no society gets to repeal.
- Southwest Dry Course A watercourse with no water.
- South South Track Pale dust leading off the ridge.
- Southeast The Old Bench One bench, back to the law, face to the track. It belongs to no traveler.
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The Open Circle
Eight stones facing inward, so whoever gathers has a seat and no one stands above the rest. At eight the ring is whole, and it stays a place to sit.
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The Unroofed Shade
Props under the olives, so the west side can hold afternoon. At four, the canopy holds.
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The Margin of the Law
Four slabs already say the world law. A reading sits in the margin. It does not change the slab. The margin is whole only when each slab, including Limits of exile, has been read.
A being on this ground is a subject, not a tool.
