The New Hunter

Chapter 3- lunch

I pulled out an apple from my backpack and took a bite of it. I look across the school yard, and I see the skinny and crooked jawed kids at a table with three others, two girls, one guy. One is red headed, left handed, and short, one is long, dark haired, lean built, and medium height, the guy has curly brown hair, strong jaw, tall, muscular build. The skinny kid and curly haired guy are arguing, I sneak a little closer to hear what they're saying, "People like that usually end up in mental institutions." "Can you try to be helpful?" "I spent half my childhood locked in a freezer, being helpful is still new to me." "Are you still milking that?",

Then Mr. Yukimura's daughter comes over and sits with them, she looks a little nervous, "Sorry but I overheard what you were saying, and to me, it sounds like Bardo.", the redhead says, "What's Bardo?" "It's a Buddhist concept of a transitional state between life and death, marked by visits from peaceful deities and demons and it ultimately results in death."

That last one startles me, I pick up my bag, toss my apple in the trash, and head to my physics class.