Otherbound

21

It’s not an adventure, Nolan wrote. He’d woken from his millionth nap, sitting uneasily in his desk chair. And it’s not about feeling guilty. It’s about making it right.

He chugged more knockoff Coke. It was four in the morning. He had school soon. Mom would be furious. Few things were more important to preventing seizures than a regular sleep schedule.

Amara blames me. Prob should. I didn’t mean to, but it’s still my doing. Should help FIX IT now. Fuck own life. Can’t ignore this. My fault. I still don’t get what’s going on with me but

Ok, I think this is what’s happening. Nolan underlined the word several times. I’m a mage, or whatever the Earth version is and I can transport my mind into someone else. (Just Amara? Others if I try?) I used to do it without meaning to & now I can control it.

I looked this up: When people blink, something happens w/ our brain, turning on & off diff sections to rest for a split second. So in my case, when brain rests when I blink & sleep, something else happens too. I go to Amara.

So what’s in these pills that wasn’t in the others? And which part of my brain sends me to Amara? I guess my drs would know, all those weird EEGs from when I was a kid prob show which part of my brain is (in)active when I’m in her mind.

Ok, leaves me where??

As long as I take the pills, I can stay out of her mind. So I only need to stick around until she’s safe w/parents. Then ??? I take pills the rest of my life & hope I don’t focus on Amara too much b/c I’ll go by accident? What if she needs to heal? Do I keep checking?

He drained the last drops of his pseudo-Coke can but didn’t get up yet to find another. He should’ve just brought up a full six-pack. And what happens with Cilla? he wrote.

What happens with Amara?