Encompassing by Richard Lord

Author:Richard Lord [Lord, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: BluA
Published: 2016-03-28T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 50

“We often search for things we don’t want to find. For some it becomes an obsession. For few it is because they realize they need to face that thing.” – from the book of Illumna

“So why are we here?” Solstice asks of Renfield.

“I had to choose someplace and at the time, Lou Reed’s song, “Take a walk on the wild side” was playing in my head, so…” He glances down the street and sees Illumna and waves for her to join them. She clicks to them. He contrastively looks down at Illumna and says in a quiet voice, “Here, people will notice. Don’t do that unless you have to. You could have run that distance, dear.”

Solstice nor Illumna had ever spent much time in a big city so they had many questions and Renfield was feeling good that he could answer so he went into his list mode.

“OK, over there is Canal Street. Basically it’s where everyone sells rip offs and everyone who buys them knows it. They don’t care because it elevates their status in society as long as they are good enough rip-offs, from the actual brand, to pass casual inspection. Why do name brands matter? So that the people who own them can flaunt their power. So they despise rip-offs and even have the police arrest people who make the exact same thing for less. It’s a wild world. Now we’ll be avoiding that street, but I do have to check in on an old friend who owns a museum at the end of it, at some point. Well did own, I guess we’ve moved back a few years, huh? Anyway, we ended up working together in the long run so in my mind we’re still friends.”

Illumna looks at Solstice. Solstice looks back and thinks to Illumna, “I have no idea, but he seems happy, let him go, we’ll just follow.”

Renfield goes on, “The first time I was in this city I was a free man! Poor, relatively speaking, but free! The second time was long and people were trying to own me…”

Solstice whispers to Illumna, “How long do you think he’s going to go on like this?”

Illumna looks at her younger sister and thinks back at her, “It could go on forever! However, I am sure he has a plan. So do we jump him now and beat it out of him or just listen to him talk about the old days? Of which there are too many for any abacus.”

Renfield stops and turns to his daughters, “I’m just sharing! Isn’t that what you all do with your twetering and your facelooking and your instagraining?”

The girls stop and look at each other and realize he has a point. Renfield continues, “At least we are here at this time! Isn’t real life so much more, hmm, FREAKIN’ REAL?”

Then he stops. He looks at his daughters and he comments, “Because of your gifts, you have great responsibilities, I understand but…”

Solstice mutters, “We know, you hung out with Stan Lee.

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