Rene snuck along quietly, darting from crate to crate as she tried to stay hidden. The monster hadn't noticed her, facing the opposite direction. The arms moved about the place, lifting large sheets of grid like metal and placing them on the newly built framework. As they did this the man welded them together to create a solid platform to stand on.
Rene giggled slightly to herself. He had no idea she was here. With a mischievous grin she snuck closer, keeping close to the crates.
She crouched down, ready to spring out and scare him.
The man didn't even turn around.
"Back again I see"
Rene stopped short, flabbergasted.
"How did you know?" it always worked on her mother.
"Saw you"
"How?" he hadn't turned around once! A tentacle waived slightly in reply, clicking as the head focused on her. They could see! Rene pouted.
"That's cheating!"
The monster seemed amused by her outrage but turned serious quickly.
"You shouldn't come here"
"Why not?" Rene asked, generally curious.
"I like my privacy"
Rene looked about at the gloomy interior.
"Doesn't it get lonely but?"
"No" he snapped, agitated by her questioning. Rene crossed her arms.
"I don't believe you"
Rene could almost see him roll his eyes at the comment. She continued on regardless.
"I mean, everyone needs someone to talk to"
"I don't"
"Must be boring on your own all the time" she mused, trying to imagine what it would be like for her.
"I've never noticed" was the reply.
Rene kept silent after that, trying to puzzle something out. She watched the man as he worked, the snake like arms moving about in a hypnotic fashion.
"Don't they hurt?" she asked, waiving towards them. The trench coat the man wore covered it up but Rene felt that it must be painful to have the arms on.
"Not anymore"
"But they use to?"
"You know.." he stood up from his crouch and stretched. "..you ask a lot of questions"
"My teachers say that if I don't ask questions how can I learn anything?"
"That is a good point" He paused, a sudden idea forming. "How would you like to play a game?"
"Sure!" Rene was always eager to play anything.
"Good, in this game you have to try and be as quiet as possible for as long as you can, okay?"
"This doesn't sound like much fun"
"Trust me, it is"
"Okay then!" Rene was willing to give it a go. The man held up a finger.
"You have to be quiet"
"Oh yea…sorry. Guess I'm not that good at…"
"Quiet remember"
"Sorry"
"Don't be sorry, be quiet"
Rene nodded, lips held fast together. She was determined to win.
"Ready?"
"Yup…oah!" her eyes widened when she realised she had been tricked. The man chuckled to himself, returning to his work. He was sure that he wouldn't be bothered for a while now.
Rene herself sat down, determined as only a child can be. Not one word would pass from her lips.
The only noise was the sound of metal being welded and the constant noise of the arms moving around. Lost in his work, the man failed to notice any time passing. It just didn't occur to him. There was a job, and he was going to get it done.
He paused eventually for a breather, only then noticing that it was indeed very quiet and had been for a while.
The child hadn't died had she? That would be unpleasant to deal with.
Turning quickly, he saw her and tried not to smile. Obviously the game was a bit much for her, the girl had fallen asleep. Curled up against the side of a crate.
It wouldn't of been very comfortable, and the water all around this place made it cold as well. Sleep was not easy in this place, that he could testify to.
Having an angry mother chase him down for causing her child to get ill did not seem appealing.
He looked around for anything that would seem likely, and found the pile of rags he had found the first night there.
One of his arms picked it up and placed it around the girl, who murmured something but did not wake.
He was unsure of what to make of her. Why did she keep returning? He had terrified her the first time, sent her screaming away. Yet she came back the next day when people much older than her would not dare.
What did she see?
It was a puzzle that he couldn't make heads or tales out of. A puzzle he was determined to figure out somehow. He had always prided himself in being considered a science genius, able to figure out any problem. Yet here was one that eluded him completely. His pride wouldn't let that happen. He would figure it out. As long as his dream was not forgotten. That came first and foremost always.
"I know" he said in reply to a voice only he could here. "I know" he turned back to finish his work.
Rene opened her eyes blearily, tugging her blanket around her tighter. Her room smelt funny, and why was her bed so hard?
Sitting up she saw why. It wasn't her room.
"Awake now are you?"
Her confused face turned to one of realisation. She remembered now. She opened her mouth to reply, then clamped it shut again. She wasn't falling for that trick again.
The monster seemed to find this funny somehow, and assured her that the game was over.
"Did I win?" Rene asked, hoping silently.
"Yes, you won". Rene was delighted, she won the game! she bet even her mother couldn't claim to have done the same.
Her mother! She had promised not to stay out late today. They were going to her aunts that afternoon.
She got up hurriedly.
"I have to go now…"
The man waived her away with a hand, intent with the notes he were scribbling down at the desk. There were quite a few papers that had appeared from nowhere there, Rene wondered briefly where they had all come from.
She hesitated.
"Go already, I'll be able to live without your presence I'm sure"
Rene giggled at that.
"Your weird, but I like you"
The man looked up then, startled, His arms staring at the little girl as well. He had not expected to hear that, of all things.
Rene couldn't help but laugh at his expression, but she really had to go. Leaving the same way she did yesterday she skipped all the way home, where her mother couldn't help but wonder what was so amusing.
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You wouldn't believe the crazy things I get up to in my imagination. That's the cool thing about it. AND it helps in writing stories. It reminds me of a quote somewhere. 'Growing old is inevitable, growing up is optional' . That's true of me. I personally believe I haven't grown past the age of twelve. My family disagrees. They are of the opinion I haven't grown past six.
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