Thursday, September 01, 2005
Saved, by the Bell
Devouring dinner last night while Ms Indiscreet watched.
"You really liked her, huh."
"Yeah."
"It seems such a pity."
"I think, you know... despite the differences..."
"Yeah, I believe you would..."
Well, nobody ever said I was clever. Heh.
*****
It was fascinating how easily she settled into the chair and faced down a multitude of curious inquisitors who were intently not speaking to her. It was like watching a meeting of two worlds.
And then one of the horde spoke, and their minds touched. He watched the other, as she spoke, her bronzed skin and delicate eyes unfamiliar, out of uniform. She had the instinct of words, if not the actual lexicon. It was an unhoned gift.
He remembered the first time he had noticed it in her.
Noticing him glance at someone else, as he joked about being too nice she looked him in the eyes -
"Be careful of being used."
He understood, instantly.
It came as a shock when he found out that she was his age... she looked so young. He almost laughed aloud, then. Two ageless Aes Sedai, speaking so animatedly and comfortably to each other, connected, perhaps, in maturity.
*****
He was concentrating on driving away, as calmly, yet as speedily as he could.
blahblahblah... project... blahblah, need more data, blahblahblah... how i'm going to write 20,000 words.
Pause. That's a lot of words.
(together) "I haven't got a clue". laugh.
"Try blogging about it first. It might help."
*****
They haven't just raised petrol prices... they've done something to the petrol too! I mean, geesh, cross the island once and I'm down a half tank of petrol?? Something just ain't right here...
"You really liked her, huh."
"Yeah."
"It seems such a pity."
"I think, you know... despite the differences..."
"Yeah, I believe you would..."
Well, nobody ever said I was clever. Heh.
*****
It was fascinating how easily she settled into the chair and faced down a multitude of curious inquisitors who were intently not speaking to her. It was like watching a meeting of two worlds.
And then one of the horde spoke, and their minds touched. He watched the other, as she spoke, her bronzed skin and delicate eyes unfamiliar, out of uniform. She had the instinct of words, if not the actual lexicon. It was an unhoned gift.
He remembered the first time he had noticed it in her.
Noticing him glance at someone else, as he joked about being too nice she looked him in the eyes -
"Be careful of being used."
He understood, instantly.
It came as a shock when he found out that she was his age... she looked so young. He almost laughed aloud, then. Two ageless Aes Sedai, speaking so animatedly and comfortably to each other, connected, perhaps, in maturity.
*****
He was concentrating on driving away, as calmly, yet as speedily as he could.
blahblahblah... project... blahblah, need more data, blahblahblah... how i'm going to write 20,000 words.
Pause. That's a lot of words.
(together) "I haven't got a clue". laugh.
"Try blogging about it first. It might help."
*****
They haven't just raised petrol prices... they've done something to the petrol too! I mean, geesh, cross the island once and I'm down a half tank of petrol?? Something just ain't right here...
