Lase
Jolan walked carefully through the folds of time staying only in future and past folds. He approached the cottage paying close attention to the surroundings. And he saw what he had seen each time before.
This time he decided to enter the cottage in the past.
The ground was soft and thick under his booted feet. As he stepped from the time fold he crouched his body low to it as if preparing for an awaiting ambush.
He remained low within the tree line and watched the cottage for a long time.
It was subtle but soon he noticed that the cottage seemed to breathe. It continued almost imperceptibly the logs of the wall expanding and contracting as if the house itself was breathing.
He stopped and observed for a moment. The motion threatening to hypnotize him. He shook his head to refocus his mind.
His eyes slowly narrowed.
He moved slowly to the cottage and he felt no sense of danger and his intuition told him to go all the way to the door without hesitation.
