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his, or Glin.
Genny returned to her blog. When the post was finished and the vid uploaded, she l’upped the live feed from Mose’s school to see if Duin was still there.
“Shall I do The Tempest? ” he asked the children seated in a circle before him. “Or do you want to hear The Little Lost Eel again?”
The response was overwhelmingly in favor of the eel.
“As I suspected.” He spoke with exaggerated disappointment. “Are you absolutely certain it shall not be… O, wonder! ” His voice filled the room. “ How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in it! ”
He was met with groans and giggles.
“All right, if I must.” He took a deep breath and began, “Once upon a time, there was a little eel named Glippit.”
Shakespeare could not have delivered a more riveting performance about the trials of an orphaned eel who finds a home. Genny watched until the end of the story, at which point Duin looked directly into the netcam and asked, “Are you available, J’ni?”
How does he know I’m watching? Activating her own netcam, she tapped SHINING STAR SCHOOL in the list of contacts displayed on her tabletop. “Yes, Duin. I’m done.”
“I’ll be right there.” He bid goodbye to each child in turn, and had to extricate himself from a few clinging to his legs. Genny watched Mose walk Duin out the door then she closed the live feed window. Minutes passed, however, and Duin didn’t come in. She l’upped the hall cam.
“It’s bad enough we have to endure these breeder brats eating our food and running up and down the stairwells. He is in here all the time.” Taya was in the hall, yelling at Mose and Duin. “I don’t know what scam you’re pulling, but you can quit the alien act, you earless freak.”
“I assure you, I am truly not human,” said Duin.
“Then go back to your stupid planet.”
“If I return to my world, then I must abandon it to slavery and destruction.”
Genny went out into the hall.
“You!” Taya turned on her. “You are in violation of the contract. You should be the one moving. You let him in the garden and gave him our food.”
If she didn’t like this sort of attitude in Seth, she was not going to tolerate it in Taya, either. “Duin drinks tea . And if I want to give him my share, that’s my business.”
“Tay?” Wyatt stepped out their door, dragging several cases. “Let’s go.”
“We’re moving in with my aunt until we can sell out or trade compartments.” Taya pointed one of her hi-res digital fingernails at Genny. “I should file a formal complaint and make you buy it.”
Taya was full of shit, and Genny made a face she hoped expressed that sentiment. “You’ve been planning to move since we got here.”
“Prove it. If it’s not on an archive, it didn’t happen.” Taya left the block with Wyatt.
Duin’s large eyes looked very sad. “I am disrupting your life again.”
“You’re a pebble, you make ripples.” Genny quoted the statement he made the first day they met.
Mose patted Duin’s arm. “Don’t worry. Some people were a mess before you ever got here.” She returned to the children.
“I think we need to go somewhere you might feel more welcome. And I need a drink.”
Duin followed Genny into the public thoroughfare.
“Does Mose have a viewer log?”
Duin stepped over a puddle of some unidentifiable oily substance. “I don’t know.”
“How did you know I was watching you? Was my name on the wall?”
He swirled his hands in the air and shrugged. “I knew.”
“Are Glin psychic?” He reached for the translator and she explained. “Psychic means you know things beyond the natural input of your senses, you know, sight, sound, touch. Things you should have no way of knowing.”
“No, my assumption was based entirely upon observation. I know how long it takes you to edit a vid and write a blog post, and a sufficient amount of time had
Genny returned to her blog. When the post was finished and the vid uploaded, she l’upped the live feed from Mose’s school to see if Duin was still there.
“Shall I do The Tempest? ” he asked the children seated in a circle before him. “Or do you want to hear The Little Lost Eel again?”
The response was overwhelmingly in favor of the eel.
“As I suspected.” He spoke with exaggerated disappointment. “Are you absolutely certain it shall not be… O, wonder! ” His voice filled the room. “ How many goodly creatures are there here! How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in it! ”
He was met with groans and giggles.
“All right, if I must.” He took a deep breath and began, “Once upon a time, there was a little eel named Glippit.”
Shakespeare could not have delivered a more riveting performance about the trials of an orphaned eel who finds a home. Genny watched until the end of the story, at which point Duin looked directly into the netcam and asked, “Are you available, J’ni?”
How does he know I’m watching? Activating her own netcam, she tapped SHINING STAR SCHOOL in the list of contacts displayed on her tabletop. “Yes, Duin. I’m done.”
“I’ll be right there.” He bid goodbye to each child in turn, and had to extricate himself from a few clinging to his legs. Genny watched Mose walk Duin out the door then she closed the live feed window. Minutes passed, however, and Duin didn’t come in. She l’upped the hall cam.
“It’s bad enough we have to endure these breeder brats eating our food and running up and down the stairwells. He is in here all the time.” Taya was in the hall, yelling at Mose and Duin. “I don’t know what scam you’re pulling, but you can quit the alien act, you earless freak.”
“I assure you, I am truly not human,” said Duin.
“Then go back to your stupid planet.”
“If I return to my world, then I must abandon it to slavery and destruction.”
Genny went out into the hall.
“You!” Taya turned on her. “You are in violation of the contract. You should be the one moving. You let him in the garden and gave him our food.”
If she didn’t like this sort of attitude in Seth, she was not going to tolerate it in Taya, either. “Duin drinks tea . And if I want to give him my share, that’s my business.”
“Tay?” Wyatt stepped out their door, dragging several cases. “Let’s go.”
“We’re moving in with my aunt until we can sell out or trade compartments.” Taya pointed one of her hi-res digital fingernails at Genny. “I should file a formal complaint and make you buy it.”
Taya was full of shit, and Genny made a face she hoped expressed that sentiment. “You’ve been planning to move since we got here.”
“Prove it. If it’s not on an archive, it didn’t happen.” Taya left the block with Wyatt.
Duin’s large eyes looked very sad. “I am disrupting your life again.”
“You’re a pebble, you make ripples.” Genny quoted the statement he made the first day they met.
Mose patted Duin’s arm. “Don’t worry. Some people were a mess before you ever got here.” She returned to the children.
“I think we need to go somewhere you might feel more welcome. And I need a drink.”
Duin followed Genny into the public thoroughfare.
“Does Mose have a viewer log?”
Duin stepped over a puddle of some unidentifiable oily substance. “I don’t know.”
“How did you know I was watching you? Was my name on the wall?”
He swirled his hands in the air and shrugged. “I knew.”
“Are Glin psychic?” He reached for the translator and she explained. “Psychic means you know things beyond the natural input of your senses, you know, sight, sound, touch. Things you should have no way of knowing.”
“No, my assumption was based entirely upon observation. I know how long it takes you to edit a vid and write a blog post, and a sufficient amount of time had
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