Jostlenua.
Of course! Why had I not seen it before? It all made perfect sense. How angry he was at me, how personally he had taken the fight, how I was able to beat him my very first time doing a Strength battle despite how Strong he was, everything.
Even the names were similar; Jozenaia, Jostlenua. Even if he knows who he is, his parents couldn't have known. One of them must have, the family of Jozenaia all know who they are... I wondered if it was his mom or dad. I figured his dad, there seemed to just be a lot of males as direct descendants. I also wondered how they kept it pure. Maybe each generation only had one child? I had to find out some more, I didn't want to wait one bit, but I knew that I had to get to Discovery soon. I had already missed breakfast as it was because I had hardly realized how much time I had spent in the Book.
I went into the bathroom to throw my hair up in a ponytail, then switched it to a braid, then couldn't decide how I wanted it. Finally I just got it wet in a braid, blow-dried it, and let it out. It was slightly wavy and I really liked it, so finally I had solved the mystery of how to fix my hair mindlessly went through the rest of the morning routine, brushing my teeth, dry-shaving, and throwing on a tank top and fuzzy pants. I was really feeling sloppy this morning after reading that and then realizing I had four and a half hours with an arch nemesis that I didn't even do anything to. I figured if I was going to die, I might as well die comfortable.
Walking out the door I nearly tripped on the pillow AJ had left here. I really need to give that back to her.
After throwing it back on the bed, deciding to just have her over tonight so she could take it, I walked on to the Discovery building. The doors never seemed as condescending after that day I first stepped through them. Now they seemed inviting and strong. I was grateful for how large they were. I couldn't imagine someone being able to destroy it all. I loved this place, I felt more real here than I ever had back home. And it was only my tenth day here! I knew more about myself and I felt like such a strong person, and in general I felt completely different. It was like how you get when you completely screw up your life, and even after everything turned out okay you still feel broken and different and disjointed.
But then someone comes along and teaches you a whole new perspective and helps you to change and be better than you were before. That's what this school did, and I assumed it wasn't just to me. This school completely changed my view on me, who I should be, and who other people saw me as. It just couldn't be destroyed...
Maybe I was over-thinking this. Nothing had happened for two hundred years, what made me think something would happen now? And besides, it was just a dumb Strength battle I had won. I guess I can't talk too much, I've never lost one so far... But I imagined it'd be like winning a ball game. Unless you're some freak of nature that was destined to never lose, ya win some and lose some. That was his family though. They never lost to anyone until my family came along and everyone treated us like royalty. I realized that's exactly what everyone had done here. My first day I was placed in all the Advanced classes. All the teachers had said to me was "You are special" just like my parents. So they must have known about everything. I wondered if they had gone here. Were they both Ones with Many? That'd be kind of weird....
And then I realized I hadn't talked to either of them since they sent me here.
I would just have to wait for lunch or free hour. If I had time, I had a lot of research planned.
Walking into the classroom, I decided I liked the greyness of everything. Because of how everything was when you See it, I realized that it all made sense. If you had Sight, it'd be nice to have something normal to look at after all the mysteries of True Images and such. And if you had Hearing, grey walls would be the most relaxing color to Hear. Yes, Hearing is when you hear the tomes given off by colors. It was sort of like music, every different shade gave off a different vibration. I wondered if I would have Hearing, I'd love to have it. But I wondered if it would just be too much with the Sight I had... I'd ask about it when I got to the classroom.
