Saturday, April 11, 2015

Reconciling Circumstances: Day 6

Word Count: 36,006

Summary of Events:
Chapter 11:
Heleighna had her first riding lesson with M. Amyotte and listened as he explained why he trained horses the way he did — which turned out to be quite lengthy, and helped Heleighna not to think about potentially falling off the horse.
Chapter 12:
Étienne flew to BC, where one of his fellow competitors, Amanda Merrick, lived, so that he could breed Sauvage with a mare she had at her request — and he had to deal with some less than enjoyable fellow passengers. Heleighna met Teghanne and watched as Teghanne worked her mare.

Excerpt of the Day:
"Leaning back against his seat, feeling quite certain that his sleep was not going to be restored to him quickly — if at all — Étienne turned his head toward his window. Suddenly he saw a flash of motion out the corner of his eye; the next thing Étienne knew it felt like someone had stabbed him right in his left cheekbone and split it.
Étienne cried out and grabbed his face, muttering curses under his breath. He couldn't imagine what had hit him. He guessed it wasn't a knife, being as all he was feeling was skin as he held his face.
Carefully he brought his hands away from his face and looked. No blood. It sure felt like something ought to be bleeding. He looked toward the children. They were still lost in their argument, the younger one swinging around what Étienne could clearly see now was an iPad Mini.
That would hurt if it hit someone. In fact, Étienne was quite certain that it had been what hit him. Étienne listed to the two children as they argued away in English over the iPad, the younger child alternating between swinging the device around and clutching it to his chest.
The iPad was swung again and Étienne was ready this time. He grabbed the edge of the iPad and pulled it from the child's fingers. Turning it over, he checked and saw the screen was off, and then swiftly set it at his side opposite the child.
Whirling around, the younger child stared at him in horror — as did the older child — eyes wide, jaw quivering. Great. Now the kid was going to cry. As if sitting next to children wasn't bad enough.
"That's ours!" the girl cried. "Give it back!"
The boy blinked rapidly several times before tears began to run down his cheeks.
"I shall return the device to you when you refrain from utilizing it as a weapon," Étienne replied in English. "I should like to maintain the connection between my head and the remainder of my body."
The girl looked at Étienne as if he'd spoken in French and the boy let out a wail that made Étienne wish he could disappear into his seat and hide, or jump out of the plane and go the rest of the way on foot.
A few moments later a couple who looked to definitely be the children's parents, and a stewardess, appeared. The mother took up her bawling son and the girl told the three of them what Étienne had done. Once she'd finished all three adults looked at Étienne, the parents severe, the stewardess like this wasn't the only thing she was having to deal with on this flight that was unpleasant.
"As I told her," Étienne said. "I shall return the device to you when you refrain from utilizing it as weapon, for it is that I should like to maintain the connection between my head and the remainder of my body.""

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