Motif · Book 4, The Gate of the Feral Gods

The sand ooze

Mrs. Ghazi: a level-52 Sand Ooze, Psamathe's familiar and, it turns out, her child by a king, married to a mage by a false god and in love with him against her master's orders; reborn from a single grain while her master lives; burned at the core and washed out to sea as sand. Her card is an essay about unrequited love with no jokes in it.

Segment appearances

• Chapter 21 — Ghazi
• Chapter 22 — Mrs. Ghazi
• Chapter 23 — The winding box explained
• Chapter 24 — Samantha

Progression

The floor of a room, climbing a door (ch. 21); a card about love (ch. 22); burned at the core under a recliner and washed to sea (ch. 22, ch. 23); Psamathe's child by a king (ch. 24).