Ghost City SHARING
Feb. 22nd, 2013 12:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lathrielI'm sorry but I called in sick to work today to take a mental health day and I'm out at Spot Coffee writing all morning and I just had to share this snippet from GHOST CITY because I'm so effin' pleased with it. :D
Kiddo looks away first, steps to the very edge of the roof to look down at the ghosts. Her nearness to the edge makes Noah palpably nervous. He wants to reach to pull her back, but Kiddo is fearless, just as sure footed at the edge of the roof as in the middle of a barren field. He doesn’t want to insult her by insinuating her balance is anything less than remarkable.
But despite what he thinks, Kiddo doesn’t have much of a concept of pride, even when it comes to her physical prowess. She’s stood on many edges in her lifetime, looked out over the clear dark of the night, or the water, or the sky, and no one has ever touched her arm to draw her back to safety. If Noah had done that, as he wanted to, just then, Kiddo wouldn’t have been insulted. She might have been startled that someone would make such a communicative gesture—“I don’t want you to fall and die”—especially Noah. But she wouldn't have been insulted.
Instead, Kiddo stands on the edge of the roof, alone, and Noah does nothing, fearful that pulling her back would only push her farther away.
:D
Kiddo looks away first, steps to the very edge of the roof to look down at the ghosts. Her nearness to the edge makes Noah palpably nervous. He wants to reach to pull her back, but Kiddo is fearless, just as sure footed at the edge of the roof as in the middle of a barren field. He doesn’t want to insult her by insinuating her balance is anything less than remarkable.
But despite what he thinks, Kiddo doesn’t have much of a concept of pride, even when it comes to her physical prowess. She’s stood on many edges in her lifetime, looked out over the clear dark of the night, or the water, or the sky, and no one has ever touched her arm to draw her back to safety. If Noah had done that, as he wanted to, just then, Kiddo wouldn’t have been insulted. She might have been startled that someone would make such a communicative gesture—“I don’t want you to fall and die”—especially Noah. But she wouldn't have been insulted.
Instead, Kiddo stands on the edge of the roof, alone, and Noah does nothing, fearful that pulling her back would only push her farther away.
:D
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Date: 2013-02-23 03:38 pm (UTC)Funny, when I first read your post I thought, scandalized, "She called in sick to work to go to a coffee shop and write?" followed IMMEDIATELY by "Why didn't I ever think of doing that?!!!"
I thought of you yesterday - we enrolled a child in one of our after school programs and when I pulled out the paperwork I saw that his name was Faelin Wolfe. Made me think of you.