She nodded and sat on the edge of the ledge, her feet dangling toward the ground.

Illylle turned away from the edge of the ledge and came to him.

The two were standing at the edge of the ledge, looking out over the forest and farmland.

He could see more blackened patches on the ground along the edge of the ledge.

For a moment the two merely held to each other at the edge of the ledge.

She peered over the edge of the ledge, ready to duck back.

He made himself crawl to the outer edge of the ledge and look down.

"The idea here is to open a path for this rogue regime to walk back from the edge of the ledge," she said.

Two more steps and she was on the edge of the ledge.

No more nomads appeared at the edge of the ledge.