they needed alchemy
they needed what medical science
declined to give herthey didnt want a patient of their study to die on themskew
their numbers Marketing
they needed what she was unable to give to herself
he was holding her hand
Whadaya think babe Wanna go out on a limb
she was thoughtful they texted many times about it
she noddedshe couldnt speak her marvelous voicetouching laughter had been
silenced by her illness for months
they didnt need reason not sanity
alchemy
she possessed itshe confided in
him years ago though she told him it
frightened hershe was afraid to dabble in it he told her it frightened him However people are fearful of what they don
understand Without your abilities Id be
a child lost in a deep dark woods
she noddedshe couldnt speak her marvelous voicetouching laughter had
been silenced by her illness for months
she smiled her beautiful smile the
morning sun smiled back
she
closed her warm beautiful brown eyes she began meditating concentration not his strong suit she was gone for a halfhour more
atasudden luminous colours in
waves ran electric across her bodyher skinlike
an octopus a squidshe shiveredher eyes worked madly
behind her closed eyelids
she said SPIRITS
he
couldnt believe she spoke then
he thought he couldnt believe his ears
the extraordinary visuals became
subtle
then subsided altogether
she
quieted
she fell deeply asleep for months she
catnapped
late that afternoon she woke
he had relieved himself poured
himself some water room temperature returning to her he took her hand again while she slept
Hey sleepyhead that was a welldeserved sleep Refreshed
she nodded sleepilyclosed her
eyes again
he listened to her
breathinglistened to see if she was going back to sleep deep rhythmic breathing not sleeps breaths
several minutes later she opened
her eyes again
Peaceful he asked
she nodded
Did you say . . . Spirits
her eyes went to his faceroved over it
her eyes said Yes. tears welled up in themher
eyes said Yes. impossibly fat tears
rolled out of her eyes Yes. enthused she
nodded
Yes. Did he understand?
he understood he lifted her hand to his face and kissed
it kissed it long he could feel her eyes on the top of his
head
if he looked up he was sure
hed lose his mind he needed every bit of it to be
able to remember this and everything
1039, Thursday,
27 5. 21
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