“I can’t imagine what the world would have looked like,” said the child wistfully, “if I had never been in it.”
“You can,” said runningvein, and a new dawn broke across what was previously a miserable state.
“I still can’t see it,” said the child, “I mean, what are you actually saying? That when I enter the room, the lights don’t automatically switch off?”
“What kind of crazy contraption is that?” said runningvein.
“And mist begins to occur, within this darkness.”
“Are there elves?” asked rune-ingvein, “and orcses,” he took a short moment to thumb through several longer passages, and then added, “and orcas?”
“No elves, or orcses,” said the waning star. “But orcas. I can do that. I can give you a pretty good orca.”
“Tomas,” said runningvein.
“What?”
“Tomas. You were a doubting Tomas. But that is how it works, with trains, planes and teleportation. Begin with a healthy bit of doubt.”
“So you’ve been carefully looking at my face all this time?”
“Studying,” said runningvein. “There is educational vtgtherent here.”
shit, your profile got long. almost as long as your script. good either way. have a good one. -jimbo
Heh. Every story I post is a twofer. Double the value!