Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors (click on the logo above) and Snippet Sunday (click on the logo below.) I’m still blogging the same scene from Homecoming, available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble and iUniverse. This is a direct follow-on from last week, when Derik realizes that the mental (and to some extent physical) explosion they had suffered was only a fraction of Roi’s potential.
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[Derik] had told Kaia that a self-trained esper was always cause for concern, but he’d never expected anything like this! None of them had, and as far as he knew none of Roi’s owners had even suspected Roi’s esper abilities. “I’d have thought he’d have reacted to Florian at some point,” he said shakily. “Nik, can you make it back to the table if I help you? Vara’s got some food there, and the boys are already converging on it.”
Coryn and Ander were both shoveling in food and taking turns feeding Roi by the time the two men made it to the table. Derik considered suggesting Roi and Ander change into dry clothes, but it didn’t seem very important in the heat of the summer noon. His own head was still pounding, and he envied the two older boys their resilience.
By the way Derik, Nik and Kaia have been named as Roi’s guardians in the absence of his father, Lai. Nik has also been trying to straighten out Florian, who was a little too much for his parents to handle. It’s a complicated relationship, and you’ll have to get the book to understand all the nuances. It’s pretty reasonably priced as an ebook.
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You continue to amaze me with your imagination. Well done and pass the food. Hungry boys are scary.
Not all imagination.
Love this snippet, especially the part about Coryn and Ander shoveling food in…very clear image.
They’re teenage boys and Coryn especially has been caught in esper shock. Of course they’re hungry!
I can sense that the relationships among all these characters is complicated, but I can still follow what’s going on in your excerpts — that’s not an easy thing to pull off! Kudos on another exciting snippet.
The relationships are much clearer given the whole book.
It’s interesting how you presented their health/blood-sugar/weakness in the story. It was all very believable. Nice excerpt, Sue Ann. 🙂
Loads of experience — I’ve been an unstable diabetic for over 40 years.
How often the boys dive in after a big event…well done. You’ve really made the world vivid and believable!
The mere idea of teenage boys with low blood sugar is scary. And I believe all sf and fantasy must be grounded in realistic detail.
It’s fascinating the way all these characters are connected to each other and as always, I enjoy your thoroughness in every detail, such as the need to eat immediately. Great snippet!
With hypoglycemia (which they’re all suffering to some extent) it’s eat or pass out, sometimes in convulsions.
It’s amazing how much more resilient we all are in our youth. I’m really enjoying every installment of this story. Great eight!
Youth isn’t the only reason, though Derik’s going to be shocked when he finds that out. Don’t think I’ll go that far on WWW, though.
Great snippet, Sue!
Thanks — glad you like it.
No fair that they’re eating — I’m hungry and lunch isn’t here yet. (I was going to go out but it’s raining so it’s coming to me…)
Anyhow, I love that they are eating to recover from the psi shock. It’s very realistic. (I used to work a lot of psychic fairs as a Tarot reader. I would always leave on kind of a… psychic high for lack of a better term. I learned to keep a bag of pretzels in the car because starch helped counteract it.)
The brain needs a lot of glucose, and won’t run on anything else.
Fantastic as always, Sue Ann. I appreciate the blood sugar tie-in, too—and, of course, most teenaged boys seem to burn off calories just standing still. 🙂
Of course, they’re putting that energy into growth.
Or sarcasm. 😀
re: your comment on my post. I gather you missed the first few entres. She lives in a boarding house. thanks for the visit
I’ve been traveling for the last few weeks.
Coryn and Ander are typical teenagers in a very untypical situation, you paint a great picture Sueann!
At least their appetites are typical!
Love the detail! The imagery is fantastic. You put reader right there with your characters.
I try to imagine what I could see and feel if I were the character.
Shoveling the food in. Just like boys. Well done.
At least they’re feeding their paralyzed friend too.
They better hurry to the table is they want something left. 🙂
Right!
Food stampede! 🙂
They’re going to have fun training Roi…
Well, if you define “fun” as a challenge.
Very vivid and realistic situation. Great 8!
Boys of that age are always hungry, regardless of what planet they’re on.