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English
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Part 21 of HazelofSodor's Traintober 2025 , Part 5 of The Uman and Din Railway , Part 147 of Hazel's Reading Order
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Published:
2025-10-21
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224
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1/1
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Of Shadows and Giants

Summary:

Avons stumbles upon a quiet moment between Mother and Daughter

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(See the end of the work for notes.)

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Day 21

Crowded

Shadows and Giants

Avon hadn't even been looking for Mali. While the humans all were worried because the girl had disappeared after the weekly therapy session, Avon had remembered Screech’s ability to sense everyone at long range, and was more than confident in Gwyllgi’s ability to watch over her wayward daughter.

In hindsight, that should have told her where Mali was.

Mali was draped like a shadowy bat across the top of the Eldritch 47s boiler, clearly exhausted and asleep despite the heat emanating from the boiler of an in-steam locomotive.

Screech appeared asleep herself, but many of her tendrils were poised alertly, as if on watch.

Sure enough several of them turned to face Avon, and the giant cracked open an eye to peer at Avon questioningly.

“I need the trucks on sliding three,” Avon whispered as quietly as she could.

Screech lazily stretched out a tendril and shoved the trucks forward till they met Avon's buffers, and her driver coupled them up.

“Thank you.” Avon whispered

Screech waved her off, settling back down to her rest.

Avon rolled off with her tricks as quietly as she could. If Mali needed time away from the humans, Avon was not going to be the one to reveal her.

Besides, Screech seemed to have the whole being a mom thing in hand.

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