Cavelost by Courtney Privett

Author:Courtney Privett [Privett, Courtney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781537131351
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2016-11-28T22:00:00+00:00

Day 28, part 2

Yana has been working hard. Shan's been teaching her to read and write while I recover and her handwriting is starting to become legible. She can write her full name now, the name we gave her when we adopted her. I wonder if Shan will decide to become some sort of teacher or professor. He'd be good at it. He seems to love working with children. I hope he decides to have some of his own, but not for a couple years.

Shan and Yana are busy with their lessons while I'm sitting here contemplating the existence of the word "the". It just doesn't look like a word right now, and I keep coming back and questioning if it's real. My brain must still be at war with itself. The. If. Of. Real. None of these appear to be words, but I know that they are. Ragamuffin hippogryph. Nope. Words aren't real anymore. I think I might need a nap. Another one. Is that four or five already today? Today? Now that one definitely is not a real word.

Maybe I'm reversing my letters like Yana does. Maybe that's why my words don't look real.

"Stop writing, Rin," Daelis mumbles. Mumbles. Now, that is a fun word. And a real one.

"No. I need to figure out the puzzle of what makes a word a word. Why is word a word and not a random collection of nonsense letters?"

"Rin, your body isn't the only thing that needs to rest right now. Your mind needs quiet." Daelis's eyes dart toward the door that leads to our suite of rooms.

Two Varaku stand at the threshold. I've seen one of them before. Healer one. He's taken care of me. Or is it a she? I can't remember. Why can't I remember?

The other Varaku is a new one. Red robe, plaited tentacles, eyes like amethyst.

"Hello, there," I say. I don't expect them to respond. None of them have before.

"Hello. I am ready to speak with you now," says the plaited Varaku. Oh, this is new. I should put my pen away and pay attention.

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