A Passage from Secrets
I'm giving Secrets a quick proofread as I prepare the files for their face-lift.This passage made me smile. It's fun to see how much Vic has learned about himself and his abilities between that book and Spook Squad.
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“You know what the white balloon is?”
Lisa thought for a second. “You mean that trick they teach Psych kids?”
Not only kids. Sheesh. “Yeah. That one.”
“What about it?”
“I did it. I stopped him for a second. But then he waved it away and kept going.”
Lisa pulled up at a red light and drummed her fingers on the steering wheel. “How much energy did you put into maintaining it?”
“They don’t keep going? That’s real helpful.”
Lisa raised her eyebrows. “I thought you were trained.”
“Yeah, back in the old days when you had to walk to Psych-school barefoot, in the snow, uphill both ways.” And when the other students sometimes disappeared, because they’d ended up on the wrong side of an experimental treatment.
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“You know what the white balloon is?”
Lisa thought for a second. “You mean that trick they teach Psych kids?”
Not only kids. Sheesh. “Yeah. That one.”
“What about it?”
“I did it. I stopped him for a second. But then he waved it away and kept going.”
Lisa pulled up at a red light and drummed her fingers on the steering wheel. “How much energy did you put into maintaining it?”
“They don’t keep going? That’s real helpful.”
Lisa raised her eyebrows. “I thought you were trained.”
“Yeah, back in the old days when you had to walk to Psych-school barefoot, in the snow, uphill both ways.” And when the other students sometimes disappeared, because they’d ended up on the wrong side of an experimental treatment.