The Turning Tide
““Am I to understand that you’re hungry?” Jack inquired.
“My stomach feels like it is caving in,” Jean said woefully. “Hey, where’s Lakshmi?”
Jack brightened and looked around their room alertly. The orange-clad warrior was missing; she hadn’t followed them back yet from the feast pavilion. “Right,” Jack said. “Back in a minute.”
“Jack, no!” said Jean. “You’re going to get her in trouble.”
“Little trouble never hurt anyone,” Jack said. He stopped in the doorway and turned around. “Except in the ...literal sense, that is.” He sprang out the door. Jean could hear his boots trotting away down the hall.
“Uh-oh.” Jean sighed, crossing his arms over his face. “I’d follow him, but I’m too hungry. All I can think about is food. I can see dishes piled with food in my mind’s eye. I can even smell —”
He paused, then sat up suddenly.
Lakshmi was sitting on a cushion beside Jean’s bed, laughing at him. Her scarf was undone so he could see her face, and she was arranging small bowls of vegetables and rice between them.MoreLess
“My stomach feels like it is caving in,” Jean said woefully. “Hey, where’s Lakshmi?”
Jack brightened and looked around their room alertly. The orange-clad warrior was missing; she hadn’t followed them back yet from the feast pavilion. “Right,” Jack said. “Back in a minute.”
“Jack, no!” said Jean. “You’re going to get her in trouble.”
“Little trouble never hurt anyone,” Jack said. He stopped in the doorway and turned around. “Except in the ...literal sense, that is.” He sprang out the door. Jean could hear his boots trotting away down the hall.
“Uh-oh.” Jean sighed, crossing his arms over his face. “I’d follow him, but I’m too hungry. All I can think about is food. I can see dishes piled with food in my mind’s eye. I can even smell —”
He paused, then sat up suddenly.
Lakshmi was sitting on a cushion beside Jean’s bed, laughing at him. Her scarf was undone so he could see her face, and she was arranging small bowls of vegetables and rice between them.MoreLess
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