ambion

Auk, who had been a silent witness to their discussion, watched with interest as Jerboa tottered to the ambion; this feeble frame, this snowy-haired, half-naked skull, contained a tiny fragment of Great Pas, Lord of the Whorl and Father of the Seven.

Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996

Remora paused, his bony hands gripping the edges of the ambion, his eyes on the headless carcass.

Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996

He tottered to the ambion; although his mouth opened and shut and his lips appeared to shape words, no words could be heard above the din.

Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996

At Silk's ambion, Incus drew himself up beyond his full height, rising on his toes.

Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996

He turned, shuffling around behind his ambion to address Incus.

Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996

Remora, who had been kneeling by the second victim, rose and strode to the ambion.

Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996

On the farther side of the lofty marble ambion, Spider and Eland slept as well, watched by three soldiers; Slate nodded in friendly fashion and touched his forehead.

Exodus From The Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1996

Maytera Mint paused, her fingers nervously exploring the chipped stone of the ancient ambion, and glanced down at the attentive worshipers crouched on the floor in front of the foremost bench, and at the patchy curtain of watching faces that filled the narthex arch.

Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994

She mounted the steps to the ambion, acutely conscious of the murmur of talk filling the manteion and the steady drum of rain on its roof; for the first time since early spring, fresh smelling rain was stabbing through the god gate to spatter the blackened altartop—though there was less now than there had been earlier.

Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994

Would you have talked about it from the ambion of the Grand Manteion if you'd been in my place?

Calde of the Long Sun Wolfe, Gene 1994