Pandora Gets Angry (2011)
“Known world to Pandy. Come in, Pandy.”
Pandy stared at the striped silk siding of the market stall. Then she stared at the rugs covering the dirt floor. She had no idea how she was going to explain her conversation with Alcie to Iole. Finally she looked up.
“Uh …”
“Let me repeat the question,” Iole said, a look of genuine concern on her face. “What did you mean when you said you were talking with Alcie?”
“Alcie’s voice was coming through the mouth of the—the—the grand …”
She trailed off.
“Very ...well,” Iole said, crossing her arms. “Commence at the beginning.”
Somehow, that shook Pandy out of her confusion.
“What beginning? You were there at the beginning,” she said, her voice raised. “You saw everything. The prince was poisoned and we got three blood scorpions in the box before Homer started yelling and you ran over to him. I was about to follow you when Alcie—Alcie’s voice—it was Alcie’s voice, Iole, by Athena it was! And it started coming out of the grand vizier’s mouth.MoreLess
Pandy stared at the striped silk siding of the market stall. Then she stared at the rugs covering the dirt floor. She had no idea how she was going to explain her conversation with Alcie to Iole. Finally she looked up.
“Uh …”
“Let me repeat the question,” Iole said, a look of genuine concern on her face. “What did you mean when you said you were talking with Alcie?”
“Alcie’s voice was coming through the mouth of the—the—the grand …”
She trailed off.
“Very ...well,” Iole said, crossing her arms. “Commence at the beginning.”
Somehow, that shook Pandy out of her confusion.
“What beginning? You were there at the beginning,” she said, her voice raised. “You saw everything. The prince was poisoned and we got three blood scorpions in the box before Homer started yelling and you ran over to him. I was about to follow you when Alcie—Alcie’s voice—it was Alcie’s voice, Iole, by Athena it was! And it started coming out of the grand vizier’s mouth.MoreLess
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