Great chapter so far. I've read the comments too and I'm not sure if everyone understands what Ledd is really seeing but I enjoy the puzzling interpretations from Ledd's perspective. It took me a couple of minutes to figure out that Coche was a car, and then the other metallic beasts were automobiles as well that was easy to connect, but the one thing I cannot identify is the three legged metallic beast. I was thinking maybe it is a three wheeled bicycle, but you described that in the very beginning of the chapter, and you said it had three spinning disks, not that is was three legged, so I feel that this thing is different.
"I ran away as fast as I could. In my haste, I almost got nicked by a passing three-legged, metallic beast"
Clarity would be definitely appreciated and I enjoyed learning some new words like "libation" and "impasse" I've seen impasse before but had to brush my memory up on the definition. I was quite surprised he just got into an all out battle with three other young boys. Really action packed towards the end.
I guess that's one of the reasons why I decided to put up SILVER LINING. The action-packed section was something I really want to surprise readers with. Kind of like a reminder that this is still a work of fiction haha I used "spinning disks" and "legs" interchangeably since "creature" and "machine" are a big point of confusion for him. Ledd doesn't really see things as inanimate, especially since they're moving. I wanted to touch on childhood ignorance there. Thanks for pointing out that there's a point of confusion there. It's something I would need to consider.
Also, I explain the three legged beasts in the SILVER LINING for that chapter.