My eyes were trying to follow the steps of stone along the steep incline and yet wanting to look to the grey sky beyond the fortress, wondering what adventure may hold, the steps beneath my feet kept holding my attention.

Weary with heaving my heavy body up and up, every step became a greater challenge. Although, my spirit, lighter than my body’s heft, kept alive the glimmer of possibility and compelled me forward.

Curious as to why I kept looking down and not up into the glorious beyond, another’s foot emerged on the step right next to mine.

The foot became two feet wearing leather sandals. As I continued to look down at the nimble feet, the stones began to glisten with dampness from the water laden clouds up high. The composite aggregate of minerals began to permeate my being and nourish me enough to begin to move my eyes ever so slightly upward.

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