The Child Goddess
“Isabel said. She frowned, and her hand strayed to her scalp. “There’s something cultural, too. Something I can’t fathom.” They sat together at the table in her suite. Oa was in bed, asleep almost before her head touched the pillow. They had come back very late from their walk. They had eaten a late dinner, though no one had much appetite after the ice cream feast of the afternoon. Simon had already shown Isabel the highlights of the medicator scan. A half-finished pot of espresso rested between... them. Simon expected it to keep him awake too late, but he hadn’t wanted to refuse Isabel’s offer.
“Tell me what happened.”
Isabel said, “It was as if she were confessing something shameful, Simon, something really awful. As if it could be her fault! Or as if she had been deliberately hiding it. She expected me to be angry. I’m certain of that. She was startled when I told her I already knew she was older than she seemed. The tattoos have something to do with it—I guess that’s obvious.MoreLess
“Tell me what happened.”
Isabel said, “It was as if she were confessing something shameful, Simon, something really awful. As if it could be her fault! Or as if she had been deliberately hiding it. She expected me to be angry. I’m certain of that. She was startled when I told her I already knew she was older than she seemed. The tattoos have something to do with it—I guess that’s obvious.MoreLess
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