Hollowed Whispers

Chapter Five

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After that I took the rest of yesterday's lessons off. Today I have a free day, and I was not in the disposition of leaving the screen to do anything other than eat or pee. I've just discovered Netflix and I will not be defeated by the need to sleep.

I spend all morning in my pod on Netflix. When I've finished yet another episode I think about what Daniel said yesterday, I still don't know much about my former self. Maybe I can talk to Daniel again.

I walk out of my pod and into the halls and wonder around trying to remember where Daniel's office is. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, I'm pretty sure that I'm lost and I'm now getting hungry. Then as if by miracle I spot Daniel's office across the hall. I walk up to Daniel's office door and knock (I know that he won't answer but it's a force of habit, okay) before entering. I walk in to find Daniel working on yet another contraption that I will never quite understand, and ignoring me completely once again.

"Um, Daniel. Can I ask you something? "

Daniel just grunts in response. It sounds like a positive grunt, so I continue.

"What was my former self like? "

"Far less annoying than you! " He snaps as he receives an electric shock from his metal contraption.

"Did she likes history? Did she read? Was she nice? Did she write poetry? "

"Don't know. Yes. I guess so. Don't care." His reply was short.

"Okay. Was she -" I was cut off mid sentence.

"Look, kid."

"My name is Amaya! "

"Look, Amaya. I'm busy and I don't want to be interrupted."

"Fine, what about when you're done? " I could tell already that this man never stopped working.

Daniel just chuckles under his breath, and then for the first time today looks up at me. "I'm never 'done'."

I just shrug and look around the room, "Fine than I'll just have to wait here a very long time. " It's a threat, and he knows it.

"Fine, but don't just ask me meaningless questions. "

I just smirk at getting my own way. "Okay, deal! But I have a lot of questions, so I'll have to come here a lot. "

"Only if your not going to be an annoying air head."

"K" I exclaim in a mock cheerleader voice.

He just rolls his eyes and goes back to his tinkering. He's warming up to me, I can tell.