Numair's Reaction:
Numair opened his eyes when he heard a rapping at his window. He rolled over with a groan and saw a small bird on the window ledge. Daine was the first thing that came to his mind. He jumped up and opened the window. He looked down at the bird as it landed on the desk next to the window. He sighed; it wasn't her. Then he realized that it had a piece of paper attached to its leg. He opened the letter and at back down on the bed.
Great, he thought, just great. She writes me just enough so that I'm not completely afraid that I've lost my wife. But of course, with Daine, she can't let you know more than that. Oh, and the fact that she's hurt, but that doesn't matter. All that I'm aloud to know is that she's just fine, and she'll see me in a couple of weeks. With you my love that could still be months, he thought annoyed. Why did she always do that? Tell me she's fine, then end up with three broken ribs. Just like the time she had to save the baby bird that fell out of the tree, then feel out of the tree herself.
Numair paced his room for a few minutes then sat down at his desk miserably. Why did he have to have broken the focus he had of her. Well, he thought, if the stupid thing had worked in the first place, none of this would have happened in the first place. I wish that I had never left her. That I didn't have that meeting that day. I could of saved her. I could have kept her from getting hurt. But no, I had to leave, and she wanted me to stay. She wanted me to stay home and have a quiet evening, then ask what happened when they got to Corus.
'Why do I put every thing before her?' Numair asked himself out loud.
'Really, sense when?'
Numair looked up when he heard Alanna's voice.
'Daine."
'You put her before everything! What do you mean you don't pay attention to her!'
'Alanna I could have stayed at home. But no, I have to go, and leave her at home to get kidnapped!'
'Numair. She got kidnapped; it wasn't your fault. What's that?' Alanna pick up Daine's letter.
'She wrote to me.' He said; now smiling a bit. 'She's fine. She's comneing home as we speck.'
'I'll get men out all over. We have to find her; especially if she's hurt.'
'She's not. She can't talk though.' Alanna began to laugh when he told her that. Numair had to smile. It would be funny to watch Daine try to communicate.
"Well then' Alanna laughed. 'We might just want to find her quickly.
Numair shook his head as Alanna left. He couldn't wait to see Diane smiling face. I might want to get out some singing books so we can actually understand what she saying. He thought.
Numair opened his eyes when he heard a rapping at his window. He rolled over with a groan and saw a small bird on the window ledge. Daine was the first thing that came to his mind. He jumped up and opened the window. He looked down at the bird as it landed on the desk next to the window. He sighed; it wasn't her. Then he realized that it had a piece of paper attached to its leg. He opened the letter and at back down on the bed.
Great, he thought, just great. She writes me just enough so that I'm not completely afraid that I've lost my wife. But of course, with Daine, she can't let you know more than that. Oh, and the fact that she's hurt, but that doesn't matter. All that I'm aloud to know is that she's just fine, and she'll see me in a couple of weeks. With you my love that could still be months, he thought annoyed. Why did she always do that? Tell me she's fine, then end up with three broken ribs. Just like the time she had to save the baby bird that fell out of the tree, then feel out of the tree herself.
Numair paced his room for a few minutes then sat down at his desk miserably. Why did he have to have broken the focus he had of her. Well, he thought, if the stupid thing had worked in the first place, none of this would have happened in the first place. I wish that I had never left her. That I didn't have that meeting that day. I could of saved her. I could have kept her from getting hurt. But no, I had to leave, and she wanted me to stay. She wanted me to stay home and have a quiet evening, then ask what happened when they got to Corus.
'Why do I put every thing before her?' Numair asked himself out loud.
'Really, sense when?'
Numair looked up when he heard Alanna's voice.
'Daine."
'You put her before everything! What do you mean you don't pay attention to her!'
'Alanna I could have stayed at home. But no, I have to go, and leave her at home to get kidnapped!'
'Numair. She got kidnapped; it wasn't your fault. What's that?' Alanna pick up Daine's letter.
'She wrote to me.' He said; now smiling a bit. 'She's fine. She's comneing home as we speck.'
'I'll get men out all over. We have to find her; especially if she's hurt.'
'She's not. She can't talk though.' Alanna began to laugh when he told her that. Numair had to smile. It would be funny to watch Daine try to communicate.
"Well then' Alanna laughed. 'We might just want to find her quickly.
Numair shook his head as Alanna left. He couldn't wait to see Diane smiling face. I might want to get out some singing books so we can actually understand what she saying. He thought.