Happy Families
"Oh, must we?" wailed Elboron, as his brother found the deck of cards. Of all the trials of his young and serious life, the flagrant cheating of most of his family was one of the hardest to bear. Mother was worst. Shameless.
He appealed to the highest authority in the room. His father: lord, prince, magistrate; surely the most upright man in two kingdoms.
"Father, they all cheat. It's unfair and it's not right."
"Yes," Father agreed. "They're a disgrace." He was shuffling the deck. It rippled and shifted before Bron's eyes. "The whole point is not to be seen."
Altariel, 25th August 2018