Scene twenty will be two odd characters talking. Let’s look at the list. Let’s go with Agathia and Thales.
You have the first part but the scene isn’t over. First, copy today’s M-W word of the day as I have a place for before the end of the chapter.
Thaumaturgy - noun: the performance of miracles; specifically : magic
Example sentence:
After reading all seven Harry Potter novels in a span of two weeks, Audrey was
hungry for more thrilling tales of mysticism and thaumaturgy.
Did you know?
The magic of "thaumaturgy" is miraculous. The word, from a Greek word meaning
"miracle working," is applicable to any performance of miracles, especially by
incantation. It can also be used of things that merely seem miraculous and
unexplainable, like the thaumaturgy of a motion picture's illusions (aka "movie
magic"), or the thaumaturgy at work in an athletic team's "miracle" comeback. In
addition to "thaumaturgy," we also have "thaumaturge" and "[thaumaturgist]," both
of which mean "a performer of miracles" or "a magician," and the adjective
"thaumaturgic," meaning "performing miracles" or "of, relating to, or dependent
on thaumaturgy."
It is much later and you have been watching the baby, being pleasant and civil for a change. Let’s get back to it while you are in the mood to write.
Scene 20
Agathia had dressed up her private quarters and was waiting for a friend who had promised to stop for a mid-morning visit. He will be interested in what I have to, she thought. Besides, I think Kassandra treats him unfairly. I don’t even think she likes him that much. She is always flirting with one man or another, the other day it was Salaman at the pool. Kassi likes to show off. In some ways I don’t know how she arrived in Elysium in the first place. Deeper down . . . Kassi is always older, always giving me instructions one way or another, just like mother. I can flirt just as well as Kassi can.
With an hour Thales arrived feeling depressed with himself, he said, “Hello, Agathia. Good to see you. It has been awhile. I like your new furniture arrangement. You have a second chair.” Ending the sentence with a slight smile.
“Yes, come in and sit, Thales. How are you?”
“Tired. Too much going on . . . mostly that’s it,” he stated.
“Are you not resting at night?”
“I think I have too many dreams. I don’t remember them all and I don’t feel they are really that important. Too much confusion. Too much going on with this demonstration.” He paused and glanced down from her eyes, “I think it is a rebellion, or soon will be, but I don’t know . . . it seems to me that the rebellion is going to turn against mother. I don’t like the idea of it.”
“I have not heard that,” she said with quick interest. Kassi said she would keep me informed, but I don’t think she really has.”
“It is not Kassandra. I think it is the whole group. We are independent in our thoughts. We are civil. I am probably more attracted to Sophia . . . I mean, I am more attracted to her ideas at first, but then, in private, I have my doubts. What bothers you most in private, Agathia?”
“I don’t like being honest with myself,” revealed Agathia. “I am, but I think about what I did during the day and how I should learn from it.”
“Me too.”
“I wonder how long we are going to stay here,” she remarked.
“That is a good question. I don’t think much about it because I thought we were going to be here forever, but maybe we aren’t.”
“Do you think we will be born again?”
“I don’t know,” answered Thales. “There is no River Lethe, no river of forgetfulness,” he paused as if in deep thought, then continued, “People disappear from time to time, but they are always found in their private dwelling in thought or in sleep.”
“I was thinking that if we could show people are reincarnated, then there is already a natural way to return to Earth.”
Thales smiled more broadly. “Then if they are we could find a way to have them keep their former memories for their next journey home.”
She retired to a passive voice, “It is just a thought.”
“No, that is a good one, Agathia. You should be in the group with us.”
“You have Kassandra. I usually tell her what I think but I haven’t seen her lately.”
“I see her, but I like Sophia better,” he said without a thought.
Agathia replied, “Don’t give me that look Thales. I am not going to tell either one of them. I think it is good that the five of you get along so well.”
“I need to relax more. Then perhaps I would sleep better.”
“We can lie down, I can give your spine a rubbing and we can continue to talk.”
Surprised at the invitation, Thales agreed, “That would be nice, Agathia. That would be really good. Then perhaps I could reciprocate.”
***
This was a longer scene than I thought and reincarnation never dawned on me. I had to google the river as I could not remember the spelling. Agathia does have a point. Some say they have been reincarnated. I remember thinking about it a lot when in junior high. Mom had just read the book Search for Bridey Murphy. Wikipedia has something interesting to say about it. I thought a lot about it and came to the conclusion reincarnation is perhaps possible. After that, I lost interest.
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