The Midnight Land: Part One: The Flight (The Zemnian Trilogy Book 1) by E.P. Clark

Author:E.P. Clark [Clark, E.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-10-16T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

As Dunya had predicted, by the end of the sunless non-day Olga had recovered her spirits from her unsuccessful venture to the coast, and was only too ready to question Slava about her dream. She did so for much longer than Slava would have thought possible to draw out the conversation, speculating endlessly on what was happening to Slava, and why.

“You say it’s not farseeing or foreseeing,” she repeated for the tenth time.

“No, I don’t think so,” Slava repeated, also for the tenth time. “It’s more like I’m inside the minds of these animals—first the elk, and now the fox. Sometimes they talk to me in my dreams as well.”

“Really?” asked Olga, looking interested. “Anything useful? Anything about us?”

“No, it’s all just mysterious messages about me,” Slava told her.

“Like what? My mother always said it was very important to keep a record of your dreams. Things that seemed insignificant at the time could turn out to be crucial. So what did they say to you?”

“I thought you didn’t have your mother’s faith in dreams,” Slava said, unwilling to discuss what the elk and the fox had told her.

“I always thought she was full of nonsense, but now I guess not,” said Olga. “I guess I should’ve listened to her more carefully for once.” She laughed at the thought of listening carefully to her mother, but then focused back on Slava. “So what did they tell you? Anything useful?”

“They told me to wake up,” Slava admitted, deciding that that, at least, was fairly innocuous.

“And nothing else?” Olga demanded, sounding disappointed at the lack of wisdom Slava’s dream animals had given her.

“Until yesterday, nothing of use,” Slava said. Olga looked as if she had guessed that Slava was withholding information from her, but Slava, who very rarely got any real privacy, was determined not to lay out all her thoughts for others, even Olga, to examine. Olga speculated some more on what, exactly, Slava’s new abilities were and how they functioned, but eventually had to give up for lack of any further solid proof.

Despite all of Olga’s prying, Slava had been glad she had for once been able to do something of use for the party, and had half-hoped, although she knew it was a foolish wish that spoke of nothing more than her own vanity and boredom, that she would be taken more seriously and allowed to go out on scouting missions. Unfortunately, quite the opposite turned out to be the case. Olga declared that Slava’s “dreamseeing,” as she called it, was potentially much too valuable to risk either her health or her sleep by taking her off exploring. Their current camp would be their base for the rest of their time there, and Slava could stay put and allow whatever was going to happen to her, to happen.

“But what will I do?” asked Slava, trying not to sound like a sulky child.

“Practice your dreaming, of course,” Olga told her encouragingly. “Try to contact the fox again. Think what this could mean! If only we knew what caused it.

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