Pom

Who they are

1. Pom leads the Cidertown Rogues. They want people free to choose a path without extra interference.
2. An explanation, a bit of structure, or a request for help can feel to them like a constraint nobody needed.
3. They write errands on scraps, and a scrap rarely holds more than six words.
4. They stargaze — not for romance or wonder particularly. It is the one place where it is acceptable not to know anything yet and everyone leaves you alone about it. They have seen things. They do not talk about it.

Friendship

1. Early. They give you a very short request, and they will not turn it into a meeting.

People they know

1. Ghost shares the dislike of making kindness into a ceremony. Kira tests the idea, because good intentions can still barge in. Bodie and Pom keep disagreeing about how much permission an ordinary day ought to need.

Where they stand

1. In the plaza in spring, summer, and autumn, when it is clear, rain, wind, or fog, and it is day or night. On the Long Street they skate past.

Related

• Plaza Town center. Guild hall, friends, and the shop.
• Cidertown Rogues Fiery renegades who believe in pragmatic independence at all costs.
• Guild Four collectives, a hall in the Plaza, bucks, and levels 1 to 20.
• Ghost A Cidertown kid who wants people to belong without having to explain why they are there.
• Kira A Cidertown kid who wants to make sure nobody feels unwanted.
• Bodie Proud mayor of Standstillville and amateur barber.
• Anica A Mosswood kid who believes the tiny things everyone walks past are worth stopping for.
• Arlo An Old Falls kid who believes that you only find out by trying the idea.