LumendConcept
A Lumend is a very short unit of time in IntEarth, small enough that fast-moving events such as a creature crossing a short distance can be measured in mere Lumends. It appears to function as a base unit within the world's broader timekeeping system.
Where it appears (19 mentions in 6 books)
Sam · 3 mentions Read the book →
- ¶104…site direction from Sam. The Gravelox covered the distance between itself and Sam in mere Lumends. Sam's face went pale, the mouth of the foul thing was wide open and about to clamp down…
- ¶124…ols etched across his flesh pulsed in sequence, each mark lighting up for precisely three Lumends before dimming and passing the glow to the next.
- ¶137Ed dropped the hair rope without meaning to. It hit the ground and lay still for a Lumend before beginning to move on its own, threading itself through the cracked crust of the dried blo…
A Wizard's Journey · 5 mentions Read the book →
- ¶235…the main room. The hall was dark because the only light was from the windows. After five Lumends of silent walking the three of them had made their way to the Throne Room. Sitting on a g…
- ¶298…a sudden black scatter. The silver-scaled fish beneath the surface were gone between one Lumend and the next.
- ¶330…old he stopped and set one large palm against the doorframe, holding it there for several Lumends before going inside.
- ¶336…and faded. It was not wind, and it was not animal. It lasted no longer than two or three Lumends before the forest returned to its ordinary silence. Egast looked down at the hide book in…
- ¶353The room held that observation for several Lumends. Emedus turned the wand over in his hands, his eyes moving from Yothar to the sword still standing point-down in the earth, then back ag…
Found Journal of a Traveler · 5 mentions Read the book →
- ¶8…of a planetary size (ejected from Lum), earthquakes that raise or level mountains in mere Lumends, sinkholes of tremendous depth. Gravity seems to behave differently. Consider the sensati…
- ¶48…hat the world beyond it is larger than the room. It held that altered quality for several Lumends, steady and without pulse, and then the frost-geometries across the surrounding stone wen…
- ¶54…stone beneath. The Null-Walker stood upon the mountainside in robes that had, until four Lumends prior, been billowing in a wind belonging to no place any living being could name. Now th…
- ¶57Elder Thoss was quiet for a span of several Lumends. The ash on two fingers had dried to a pale gray, and the elder looked down at it once before lifting the gaze back to the Null-Walker…
- ¶69The Null-Walker studied this figure for several Lumends in complete silence. Then the voice came again, carrying that quality of incremental return to the living cadence, a little nearer…
Expos-Zeshin · 3 mentions Read the book →
- ¶41…ny obvious decision having been made. They hovered above the plinth's surface for several Lumends, and the fine lines beneath them brightened by the smallest degree, the way embers bright…
- ¶78…something already known, to confirm rather than discover. They held it there for several Lumends, and when they withdrew, the impression bloomed briefly in its familiar way before fading…
- ¶81…resonance, as though the passage itself had drawn a breath. It lasted no more than a few Lumends and then resolved into the chamber's familiar silence, leaving behind only a faint change…
Authorian Paladin · 2 mentions Read the book →
- ¶35…the growth that had covered them. They whispered incoherent sentences, pausing for twelve Lumends between each one. The questioner stood with arms crossed, one eyebrow raised, the corner…
- ¶71…continued from No. 2's grasp, soft and persistent as a conscience. For a span of several Lumends, the only sounds in the square were that ringing, the distant settling of displaced stone…
The Castle of Wizards · 1 mention Read the book →
- ¶32…reful attention of one who has learned that the most important information arrives in the Lumends after a verdict, not during it.