Thread:FunAndGamess/@comment-39024013-20190813093354/@comment-38207171-20190824022447

Veeta gave a sympathetic look, but it didn’t help.

She remembered it like yesterday: Her mother had been called to visit the council. She promised to finish Agatha’s lessons when she returned. She remembered her mother’s smile. Agatha handed her mother her cloak and gave her a hug before she left. Before walking out the door, she turned and took off the leather string that had hugged her mother’s neck for as long as Agatha could ever remember. A milky blue stone hung from the cord and she couldn’t believe her mother was parting with her. Kissing her forehead, Agatha’s mother walked out the door and said, “I’ll see you soon.” Apparently soon was longer than a year.

Agatha snapped back to reality: in the Fievrell Plains, with Veeta and everyone else.