Nyeupe.
That's all I see.
I look around. Curtains guard my left. A glass wall guards my right. Outside I see someone.
Mama.
Suddenly, Nyeusi.
The roar. The pain.
I wake up, sweaty, stilling the nyeupe room.
A woman walks in. Based on the uniform, she seems to be a muuguzi. "So you have finally woken up. How are you feeling?"
I hesitate. " Fine... I guess."
The muuguzi starts to say something, but is interrupted my Mama rushing in, crying. "Mtoto!"
She hugs me. I wince. Noticing she lays me gingerly back on the bed. She turns to the muuguzi. "Can you fix him?!"
" I'm sorry m'am. There's nothing I can do."
She leaves the room, I turn to Mama. "What's wrong?"
Crying, she looks to the foot of my bed. I follow her gaze, and gasp.
My right leg...is not underneath the blanket.
I stare in silence.
Beep. Beep. Beep.
How am I going to ride?
What will become of Maalum? Ustari?
What will become of me?
My mom sighs. She looks at the time. "Well, I guess we'd better get ready."
I stare at her, confused. "For what?"
"Oh. I almost forgot...
Happy 14th Muwakubwa."
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Nyeupe
Fiksi IlmiahIn Mkombozi, there is an order. First come nyeusi, then come nyeupe. Now with the war won, changes must be made to repair the damage done. Follow Mkreth as he enters a school of absolute hatred towards him and his kind, for what he does and accom...
