Inktober 2025 - 2 - Weave
Over, under, over, under, … "How much longer do we have to do this for?" whispered Thena to the woman sitting next to her. "For as long as it takes." The woman did not even look up from her loom to answer. She just kept on with her meticulous work, relentlessly guiding thread over thread with a wooden tool, then under, then over, then under, … It was quite the hypnotic dance her hands were dancing. She seemed very used to this activity, unlike Thena, who had just started. And she did not feel like time would ever make her any better at it than she was right now, which was very bad indeed. As she looked around, she realized there must have been over a hundred women with her in this great hall. Most were of the older persuasion, between mature and elderly, but there were also little girls and young women among them. Each of them was sitting in front of a distinct loom, not only adapted to their size but also to the greatly varying complexity of their work. Some we...