10-12-2018, 11:09 AM
Thoughts converged like the slow meander of divergent streams suddenly rushing together in a torrent. Monsters are real and I hunt them crashed together into an epiphany that rounded her eyes.
After raking through her own collection of books at Filvesky with Aylin, she'd spent a morning at Russia State. Seventeen million books and not a clue where to start, though there were worse places to drown.
But why search books when she could ask a person?
After the break-in Thalia had dropped all the threads of her life. A few short weeks ago the idea of chasing the mysteries in her sketchbook would have shivered her with fear. Even now it felt like the sheer and reckless drop of a waterfall, but rather than inch her feet back from the plunge it only prompted a smile. Grey eyes sparkled.
"Life is infinitely weirder than I realised." Thalia dipped again to riffle through her bag, this time producing her wallet. She held out a finger to Rafael, begging a moment's diversion as she uncurled from the sofa.
"Excuse me!" She threaded her way back to the bar, blinked for a moment's double take now that she looked at the self proclaimed monster hunter properly. Though she was pretty certain she did not know him. "Can I borrow you? Just for a moment?"
After raking through her own collection of books at Filvesky with Aylin, she'd spent a morning at Russia State. Seventeen million books and not a clue where to start, though there were worse places to drown.
But why search books when she could ask a person?
After the break-in Thalia had dropped all the threads of her life. A few short weeks ago the idea of chasing the mysteries in her sketchbook would have shivered her with fear. Even now it felt like the sheer and reckless drop of a waterfall, but rather than inch her feet back from the plunge it only prompted a smile. Grey eyes sparkled.
"Life is infinitely weirder than I realised." Thalia dipped again to riffle through her bag, this time producing her wallet. She held out a finger to Rafael, begging a moment's diversion as she uncurled from the sofa.
"Excuse me!" She threaded her way back to the bar, blinked for a moment's double take now that she looked at the self proclaimed monster hunter properly. Though she was pretty certain she did not know him. "Can I borrow you? Just for a moment?"