April 2025

The next day, we returned to the trainyard. Sunlight reflected brightly off the train cars in front of me. I squinted, examining the side, finding a good starting point. “The ladder is on the other side,” Nell said archly with her arms crossed. “You know that’s not the point.” “What is the point? Why would […]

“What are you doing, Alek?” I asked with an edge to my tone. My heart had jumped to going a hundred miles a minute. “Just some physical learning suka. Come on,” he said as he gestured at me to ‘bring it’. “Show me your Shape.” Whenever I was feeling the danger of a situation, the

The next day, I met Nell outside of Kay’s house. She was quiet as we boarded the bus. Her emotions flickered like a burnt out lightbulb. Should I bring it up? I was afraid to say the wrong thing. It was perfectly understandable that Nell had the reaction she did. She interpreted an overly pushy

Kay dropped us off at a thrift store so Nell could buy some clothes that fit her. “I gotta go to a welcome committee meeting at Sillwood U,” she said. “I can come pick you guys up later?” I waved her away. “It’s fine. I can show her how to bus back to your place.”