Chapter 170: Arc 6: Drama In Life - 16
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"Speech"
Arc 6: Drama In Life - 16
"Good morning, Makima and Sho! Did I get that right?" Jack Fenton beamed at us with a grin as wide as a billboard.
"Yup." I muttered dully, barely suppressing the sigh in my throat. He still said my name like ’Show,’ this time instead of ’Shoe,’ which he had done for a couple of weeks, despite my correcting him a couple of times beforehand. And yet, somehow, he got Makima’s name right on the first try. I didn’t have the energy to wonder why. I had long since given up trying to untangle the selective accuracy of other people’s tongues.
"It’s been a month now, hasn’t it? Since you two have moved into Amity Park." Maddie, Jack’s ever-smiling wife, leaned forward with warmth in her voice. "You two are the sweetest, youngest married couple I’ve ever met. And I must say, I’m in awe of how fluent you both are in English. With your accent, I’d almost believe you were born in the States."
Her words spilled like honey over rusted gears. Something about her smile shimmered at the edges, not malicious, but oddly static, like a looped gif playing in the corner of my vision. I nodded faintly, unsure whether she was complimenting us or making a polite observation wrapped in embroidery.
Not to mention, I was still adjusting. If such a word even applied anymore, to this whole new perception. This impossible, expanding awareness that came with being The Heart of the Eldritch pantheon.
Reality didn’t sit still around me anymore. It pulsed, breathed, watched. Every second was an eternity and an eyeblink, and people’s voices came with aftershocks that lingered in the air long after the words themselves had died.
"It has. And thank you, it took some effort on our part to learn English." Makima replied with her usual practiced grace, flashing Maddie a smile that could disarm a nuclear warhead.