Skeen's Leap
“Skeen listened at the boys’ door. The laughter inside, the boasting in the young voices made her feel like kicking a few butts. She wondered for a moment if she’d ever been that young and naive and didn’t think she had. They had no notion their game was about as secret as a rolling fart. She rubbed her hand across her face (feeling a hundred years old and meaner for every year), made a small annoyed sound, and hammered on the door.
Instant silence inside. Idiots! A confused scurrying. Clothheads! All of it perfectly audible through the flimsy door. Lardbrains!
Hal opened the door and stood in the gap looking uncomfortable.
“Stop that and let me in. Young idiot.”
“Skeen?”
“It’s not the Doferethapanad. For which you should be grateful. You’ve made trouble for all of us, you nits. The game stops now.”
He frowned, hesitated, then stepped aside.
She marched across the room, pointed at the shutters. “Open them and take a look. No, not all of you, idiots. Hal, you. See that man down by the c...orner there—he should be walking in silly damn circles.MoreLess
Instant silence inside. Idiots! A confused scurrying. Clothheads! All of it perfectly audible through the flimsy door. Lardbrains!
Hal opened the door and stood in the gap looking uncomfortable.
“Stop that and let me in. Young idiot.”
“Skeen?”
“It’s not the Doferethapanad. For which you should be grateful. You’ve made trouble for all of us, you nits. The game stops now.”
He frowned, hesitated, then stepped aside.
She marched across the room, pointed at the shutters. “Open them and take a look. No, not all of you, idiots. Hal, you. See that man down by the c...orner there—he should be walking in silly damn circles.MoreLess
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