okay was she still mocking him at the “I’m a telepath and I was told” line? I think she was, because the next line says ‘you’. So is she also a telepath? and what could the silver eyes mean? My fav line: “She let herself down from her toes and continued to pace her predatory circle.” Nice interrogation beginning.. but there’s more, oh so much more..
At first I understood this to be a lover’s quarrel but in the end it felt more like two gods having an argument about the world. Would love to see some sequels.
Really exciting and tense moment you’ve got going on here. I like that it feels like an excerpt pulled directly out of mid-stream in something much, much larger. Very nice.
Oddly enough, the song “Human” was playing on my Pandora as I read this. “I’m only human, I’m flesh and blood, a man.” Heh.
It is interesting. It makes one wonder who these people are, what these people are. Are they deities, or just people with powers?
(By the way, in the last sentence, “bore” should be “bored”. “Bore” is the past tense of “bear” but present-tense of “bore”. Confusing, I know, but that’s our language!)