Field guide No. 201
Hush money
Paid in velvet.
An ornate brass coin purse lies open on green velvet, a long black velvet bar sliding out of it. Whatever it bought, nobody is saying.
Field notePurses hold coin; this one holds velvet. Odd currency, perfectly constructible.
Also possible, also breaking material
A suitable pauseBenches are wood, water is wet, and neither rule forbids the other. The greyhound has not asked.
Velvet waterfall in an empty theatreFabric doesn’t fall like water, but a lot of fabric falling is merely expensive.
Towel peaksFolded cotton piles as high as you have cotton. The cable car is the ambitious part.
Fresh airFruit makes a feeble blade, but a blade nonetheless. The fan would work, briefly and stickily.
