Finding A New Self, chapter 22: Father
Geeo handed me the voice line from the dock. Taking it, I immediately heard a familiar "Famir!" "Dad? What are you doing here? I thought you'd be in Periten!" "Better than that. So, I have some things to announce for auction, far and wide. Notes on...
Finding a New Self, Chapter 9 : Shortcut
"Sure, you can come. Just get ready quick." I was in a bit of a rush, having just come from work. "But..." Aresh was a bit flustered. "Don't you go see your family at new year?" "Well, the main thing is to be with people you know. Do you know...
Finding a New Self, chapter 21: Favor
Renna and I stepped out of the exchange into pouring rain, heedless of getting wet, and never minding that the rain striking the awnings made a drumbeat so loud we would have had to scream to be heard, and the rain striking us interfered with trying to...
Finding a New Self, chapter 20: A Series of Fortunate Events
Geeo didn't 'regain his senses' - I remained assigned to start a new office in Periten, with minimal support: only Aresh and whatever junk wasn't needed from the Getta or Tiko offices, and a loan offer of two hundred measures at eight percent per year....
Finding a New Self, chapter 19: Redeployment
I returned to the telegraphy office in the near-dark. It was locked, but I found Geeo in the back. He put his paws on his hips. "What is this mess? Your lines denatured!" "I wasn't strong enough to turn the press at the time, and Mezo was busy. Then...
Finding a New Self, Chapter 6: Sale
When I woke, Aresh had already made breakfast, from her own supplies no less. I slipped up to the cooking stick opposite her, sniffed the bacon. There was way too much to be just for her. "Very good! Thank you." She smiled weakly. I looked down a...
Finding a New Self, Chapter 8: Arrival
Now, while the next few days were fine days and many important things happened, they would not be particularly interesting to relate in detail. So I shall skip to the evening of day 199, one day before the turn of the century. Renna had just woken up,...
Finding a New Self, Chapter 11: Celebration
I was feeling a bit dizzy, but Renna finally let out her breath. "No big changes... really." Seeing her being relieved brought me back. I gave her a squeeze and a kiss. "Hey! I see you!" Renna's father, not recognizing her in her current form, was...
Finding a New Self, Chapter 10: Turn of the Century
As Ezi flew off, I commented, "We may be in a lot of trouble." Aresh nodded, but said, "At least they can't just read our minds outright. Given what they were taunting you with, they probably would have mentioned what I did last night, if they knew...
Finding a New Self, Chapter 5: Experimentation
It really wasn't a bother to have Aresh along, at least during the daytime. There was enough traffic that we hadn't been able to have real privacy before, and having Aresh along just cemented it. And with Renna being a man, we hadn't been all that...
Finding a New Self, Chapter 12: A Cryptic Morning
When I woke, I was really seriously disoriented. I was holding a raccoon that it took me only a moment to remember was Renna. The sunlight that stabbed through the back grate and had woken me kept my eyes from adjusting to the dark that most of the...
Finding a New Self, chapter 18: Breakdowns
I woke to Aresh knocking at the bedroom door. The sun was well up. I asked for a moment, and took it to throw on a long simple dress, suitable for work. She asked, "Where were you last night? I thought I'd be out late, but you..." "Work happened. Big...