Neiva spent the next few moments looking at the tiny block in front of her.
So much of what Cassidy had said seemed so real-her logic had been
absolutely flawless. Neiva had to give the kid credit. Cassidy knew her
stuff. At least, Cassidy knew more about what was out there than Neiva did.
Neiva's head spun, pondering over everything that she had just learned.
Could all this be possible? It had to be-it was going on all around her.
Neiva looked up, and at all of the other kids. The mixture of normalcy and
what appeared to be the supernatural just seemed to flow here. It felt so
natural, so right.
"That is what you can be, if you want." Sametta's voice came from behind. Neiva turned to face her, block in hand.
"Can I? Will I be able to do all of this?" She asked in reply.
"If you work towards it."
"No guarantees?
"No such thing, kid. You of all people should know that." A chill passed through Neiva at these words. She DID know that.
"Not even from you?" Neiva asked weakly.
"I can promise to guide and teach you. Whether or not you learn is your own choice. I can't do it for you."
"You didn't answer my question."
"Yes, I did. You just don't see it. In time you'll understand."
"Will I? No guarantees, remember?" Neiva retorted sarcastically.
"I can promise you'll understand."
"There you go, not answering my question again. You're not making sense."
"I may not make sense now, but you will understand soon enough. In your own time, it WILL come."
"How can you promise that? How can you know?"
"I'm the oracle, remember?"
"But you just said that there are no guarantees!"
"There aren't."
"Then how can you go around making promises like that?"
"There's a difference between learning and understanding. A subtle one, but it's there."
"I want to learn, I just don't think I can."
"Anyone can do anything."
"But nothing really exsists. What's the point?"
"There is none."
"Then what the hell am I doing here?"
"You're looking for answers. I have them."
"Then give them to me. Teach me."
"I will." Sametta smiled as she spoke.
"This is one screwed up universe, isn't it?" Neiva commented after a moment.
"If it actually exsisted in the first place, it sure would be." Sametta countered, grinning.
That night, Neiva layed in her new bed, unable to sleep. This surprised her, considering how confortable the bed was. It had been so long since she had actually slept in a real bed. A clock on a nearby bedside table blinked 12:24. Nieva sighed. The only thing she could hear was her own breathing. She kept going over what she had learned in the previous day. It was a lot to wrap one's head around-there was so much she didn't understand. Sametta's words came to Neiva-"There'd a difference between learning and understanding. It's a subtle one, but it's there." Neiva sighed once again. She didn't think she would ever get this whole thing figured out.
"That is what you can be, if you want." Sametta's voice came from behind. Neiva turned to face her, block in hand.
"Can I? Will I be able to do all of this?" She asked in reply.
"If you work towards it."
"No guarantees?
"No such thing, kid. You of all people should know that." A chill passed through Neiva at these words. She DID know that.
"Not even from you?" Neiva asked weakly.
"I can promise to guide and teach you. Whether or not you learn is your own choice. I can't do it for you."
"You didn't answer my question."
"Yes, I did. You just don't see it. In time you'll understand."
"Will I? No guarantees, remember?" Neiva retorted sarcastically.
"I can promise you'll understand."
"There you go, not answering my question again. You're not making sense."
"I may not make sense now, but you will understand soon enough. In your own time, it WILL come."
"How can you promise that? How can you know?"
"I'm the oracle, remember?"
"But you just said that there are no guarantees!"
"There aren't."
"Then how can you go around making promises like that?"
"There's a difference between learning and understanding. A subtle one, but it's there."
"I want to learn, I just don't think I can."
"Anyone can do anything."
"But nothing really exsists. What's the point?"
"There is none."
"Then what the hell am I doing here?"
"You're looking for answers. I have them."
"Then give them to me. Teach me."
"I will." Sametta smiled as she spoke.
"This is one screwed up universe, isn't it?" Neiva commented after a moment.
"If it actually exsisted in the first place, it sure would be." Sametta countered, grinning.
That night, Neiva layed in her new bed, unable to sleep. This surprised her, considering how confortable the bed was. It had been so long since she had actually slept in a real bed. A clock on a nearby bedside table blinked 12:24. Nieva sighed. The only thing she could hear was her own breathing. She kept going over what she had learned in the previous day. It was a lot to wrap one's head around-there was so much she didn't understand. Sametta's words came to Neiva-"There'd a difference between learning and understanding. It's a subtle one, but it's there." Neiva sighed once again. She didn't think she would ever get this whole thing figured out.