Lanterns beneath the closed Market —Throne of Glass Reading Music

A shuttered market an hour before dawn. Small amber lanterns hidden low behind the baskets, and messages moving between people who never speak. Prepared piano and hammered dulcimer trade a coded five-note motif with pizzicato viola, bass flute and low cello. Percussion stays down to rare fingertip taps. This is resistance as patience and planning, not open battle — tense enough to match the chapter, quiet enough to read through. Made for reading, studying and writing.