Chapter 54 - Nausica
Angor slumped on the desk and watched the blue sky through the window.
The warm sunlight depicted a rim of golden silhouette around his body. The calm and cozy air made him sleepy.
He missed this feeling. Ever since he came to the Redbud, he never truly relaxed. For one, his mood was not calm, and secondly, the ship swayed too much on the sea. He always felt like walking on cotton.
But the back of the cloud whale was steady as the solid earth.
It comforted Angor. Without anything to do, Angor slowly fell asleep under the gentle touch of the sunlight and the fresh smell of grass.
A small cobblestone created a fine curve in the air, flew through the window and landed on the desk.
It was not loud, but still disturbed Angor’s sleep.
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Angor had fun talking to Nausica, but he always stayed cautious. As she said, those who came out of the death chambers could not be too friendly to anyone.
Still, he kept Nausica’s last warning in mind. Not because he trusted Nausica. It was because he did not trust anyone.
The clouds cleared, revealing the curtain of the night under the pleasant moonlight.
Angor had his dinner. As he considered whether he should go show up in front of his teacher by himself, Flora floated into the tent.
“Good evening, Angor.”
“Good evening to you as well, Lady Flora.”
Flora did not mind Angor’s different way of addressing her. Like Easley, she did not have a family name, albeit it was for a different reason. She was raised by Sunders since young. She tried to surname herself with her teacher’s family name, but Sunders refused.
“Teacher has done his experiment. It’s time for you to meet him.”