The judge was there from the beginning. The People grew up around it; in the summer under its merciful shade, and in the winters clustered around the warmth that radiated from its four immense flat sides. A’ra was one of those who was born under on judge’s long shadow.
One of A’ra’s very first memories was of looking out at the judge’s shadow as it receded beyond the far hills. She wondered if she had shadow cousins over those hills, also born under the judge but too far to feel its warmth. What did the judge look like for them?
(( I’m getting Titus Groan vibes from this one, and kinda like it… ))