Clockwork Twist : Trick by Emily Thompson

Author:Emily Thompson [Thompson, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-01-11T08:00:00+00:00

It took quite a while for Twist to fall asleep, alone in his dark little cabin. The train had pulled out of Constantinople precisely at ten o'clock and began to slowly pick up speed. The rhythmic murmur of tracks, harmonizing pleasantly with the whispering wind at the small shaded window, became a soothing lullaby to Twist's fatigued senses. As he lay in the soft, warm covers of his bed and listened to the train singing gently to him, Twist's mind began to relax in ways he didn't expect. Counting back, he was astonished to find that he had left London only a little over three weeks ago. His old life of quiet, predictable, simple clock repair felt like a distant memory now.

As his mind went back over his time abroad he was further surprised by the sheer number of things that had happened to him. Flashing memories of being thrown through open air, awakening in strange places surrounded by people he didn't know, sleepless nights and days filled with toil, attacks, frights, and moments of transcendent beauty and deepest peace filled his mind to bursting. His limbs grew as heavy as his thoughts, dragging him down into the soft bedding and making him feel so much older than he was.

He reached up and took his pocket watch from the tiny, round, watch rest mounted on the wall above his pillow. Clutching the watch tightly in his hand, he opened his Sight to the little clockwork life. In an instant, the peace of constancy, monotony, and timelessness soaked deep into his weary senses. He heard the soft tick and tock of his watch above the sounds of the train. He saw the intricate clockwork in all its shining precision behind his closed eyelids. He felt nothing but the soothing pulse of order and repetition. All his other thoughts fell from his mind like a dream, leaving his world cool, calm, and quiet.

Twist only realized that he'd fallen asleep once he'd woken up again. He'd left the curtains open around his bed and could now see a sharp lick of sunlight struggling to break through the curtain over his little window. He couldn't hear the train, nor could he feel the motion of it rocking lightly on the rails. He found his watch still in his hand and put it back on the watch rest, expecting his senses to return to normal. But even after he'd sat up in bed and stopped touching his watch, the train was still perfectly quiet and oddly still.

He pulled the curtains open and winced in the brilliant sunlight for a moment before he could look out through the window. He was astonished to see the world outside—great green plains, distant mountains, and clumps of forests and meadows—flying by at incredible speed. And still, the train made no sound. There was still no sense of the train rocking on rails, but instead Twist felt as if he were gliding smoothly on ice with an incredible but quite comfortable momentum.

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