Little Green (2013)
“Unit J was empty, and so I told myself that I had to go out and find Evander. Nan Mann would have seen him leave. Luce might even have noted the direction. It was early afternoon. I laid my head down on the unmade bed, in the little cell that passed for a room, taking a few minutes to close my eyes before going out looking for my troubled ward.
When I woke up, maybe four hours later, Evander was perched on a chair at the side of the bed. Our positions brought back my first memories after the ac...cident. I was once again an invalid, and Evander flipped back and forth between being Mouse and Lynne Hua sitting vigil over me.
Inhalation promoted me from invalid to merely exhausted.
The young man that Mouse called Little Green was deep in thought. His fists were under his chin, he was leaning forward like Rodin’s Thinker, and his eyes were cast down but looking inward.
“Evander.”
“You awake?” he asked, not looking up.
The mechanics of raising my torso from a prone to a seated posture seemed infinitely complex.MoreLess
When I woke up, maybe four hours later, Evander was perched on a chair at the side of the bed. Our positions brought back my first memories after the ac...cident. I was once again an invalid, and Evander flipped back and forth between being Mouse and Lynne Hua sitting vigil over me.
Inhalation promoted me from invalid to merely exhausted.
The young man that Mouse called Little Green was deep in thought. His fists were under his chin, he was leaning forward like Rodin’s Thinker, and his eyes were cast down but looking inward.
“Evander.”
“You awake?” he asked, not looking up.
The mechanics of raising my torso from a prone to a seated posture seemed infinitely complex.MoreLess
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