Resenting the Hero (2010)
Resenting the Hero
“said Ogawa, licking cream off her bottom lip. “I didn’t think he was a braggart, exactly, but I didn’t think he would have any trouble talking about it when he does something amazing.” She reached for another cream roll.
I savored the sugary confection melting on my tongue and said nothing.
We were in Ogawa’s suite, lounging on sofas and enjoying the unhealthy pastries I had picked up. After a week of constant eating and sleeping, Ogawa was on her way to full recovery, but her memory had suffer...ed a blow. She remembered the strange forces that had driven her into her deep sleep, and she remembered Karish pulling her back to consciousness, but she couldn’t recall anything in between.
She had been devastated by the loss of her colleagues, and then had swiftly hidden anything she felt about it. For the first time I heard in another Shield the flat tone Karish had mentioned.
“I tried to talk to him about it,” she continued as she settled back into the sofa. “I tried to thank him.MoreLess
I savored the sugary confection melting on my tongue and said nothing.
We were in Ogawa’s suite, lounging on sofas and enjoying the unhealthy pastries I had picked up. After a week of constant eating and sleeping, Ogawa was on her way to full recovery, but her memory had suffer...ed a blow. She remembered the strange forces that had driven her into her deep sleep, and she remembered Karish pulling her back to consciousness, but she couldn’t recall anything in between.
She had been devastated by the loss of her colleagues, and then had swiftly hidden anything she felt about it. For the first time I heard in another Shield the flat tone Karish had mentioned.
“I tried to talk to him about it,” she continued as she settled back into the sofa. “I tried to thank him.MoreLess
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