"Would you like to do the honors?"
With my hand pointing at the kiln, I stood aside, giving Selia the necessary room to either gently remove the cap…
Or to smash the whole thing into pieces.
Given the proportions of what was dug into the ground and what was molded from the excavated earth above the ground, adjusting for the reduction of volume to the wood and the removal of all the fire padding… It didn't really matter.
Either way, the above-ground walls would need to be removed just to allow easy access to our prize hidden within.
Selia first looked at my face, then at my hand, and finally at the kiln it was pointing at. She then smiled as she turned to me before pinching at the edges of her skirt and offering me a well-practiced curtsy.
"Then, I shall take advantage of your kindness," she replied in a playfully formal tone. And as she straightened her knees back and looked over to the kiln…
Whoosh!
