Very nice and descriptive. Almost mysterious and commands a sequel.
LoA

Lovely story, extremely creative, love the names.

Very nice characters and introduction to something that could be just a ficlet or possibly something bigger. What a ficlet should be, I guess. Nice job.

Oh, by the way, a handy little hint to defeat strikethroughs – put one space around each strikethrough, and keep all dashed words just regular dashed. Even if you write something like “this – yes – this,” it won’t cross out “yes.”

Sounds like they are Gypsies> I my anscestry the name Phineas pops up a few time.
Good imaginative characters.