Asakiyume<p>Sway was traveling a little-used path through the forest when he encountered his friend Dirk, one of the King's Supervisory Guard, and two other guards struggling to secure a plank across the door of a tiny dwelling as the occupant battered on the door from within.</p><p>Finally the guards succeeded. </p><p>"What was that all about?" Sway asked. </p><p>"The forest <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/recluse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recluse</span></a> is always trying to abandon his hermitage, but that would be bad luck. We have to keep 'im in," Dirk explained.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/wss366" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wss366</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>microfiction</span></a></p>