Thrush
Martine has recently discovered the gift of gab.
“ - so I showed her a blanket stitch, and she said - ”
Babbling. Rambling. A river of words that don’t mean anything but normal and now, broken up by questions to see if Seymour’s been listening. Some days, he has. Most days, he hasn’t.
She’s tired every day. It’s something she’s getting used to.
“ - and then I told her the story of Renart and the bogmen, but I changed out Renart’s name for Harry, and I think she liked it but - ”
What is she even talking about?
“ - and that’s when I came to see you.”
Does it matter?
“And oh, do you think this looks right?” She asks, lifting up the hem of what will be Alessa’s blue dress up, rubbing her thumb over the tightly packed stitches “I’m trying something new, here, on the edging.”
Maybe today he’ll look. Maybe today.
Look.
“ - so I showed her a blanket stitch, and she said - ”
Babbling. Rambling. A river of words that don’t mean anything but normal and now, broken up by questions to see if Seymour’s been listening. Some days, he has. Most days, he hasn’t.
She’s tired every day. It’s something she’s getting used to.
“ - and then I told her the story of Renart and the bogmen, but I changed out Renart’s name for Harry, and I think she liked it but - ”
What is she even talking about?
“ - and that’s when I came to see you.”
Does it matter?
“And oh, do you think this looks right?” She asks, lifting up the hem of what will be Alessa’s blue dress up, rubbing her thumb over the tightly packed stitches “I’m trying something new, here, on the edging.”
Maybe today he’ll look. Maybe today.
Look.