While they are in Luc's hoversine, he realizes this child has better vision than most, because he's commented on something far in the distance.
"I can't believe you can see that far."
"I see better than humans." Senthys folded his hands. "Can you see that far?"
"You mean because I have 'weird' eyes?" Nightmare eyes, more like it.
"Uh huh."
"I have better vision than most people." How odd to have a discussion with a child. Usually, none stayed in his presence long enough to say hello.
"Do they hurt?"
"My eyes?" His real eyes would send the boy screaming in the other direction, but it was sweet of him to show concern. "They don't hurt. I cover them for protection."
The boy squinted. "Do my eyes need 'tection?"
"Pro-tection." He patted the boy's hand. "Yours are fine. Mine are sensitive to light." It was an old lie but kept people from asking him to show them his real eyes. He fished out dark glasses he wore in the event of a lens failure, and put them on. "I wear these if I'm in the sun all day."
"Can I try?"
Luc considered it. "Why not?" He pulled them off and helped the boy adjust them over his ears and nose.
The wraparound glasses dwarfed the young face. When they slid down his nose, the child tilted back his head and pushed them up.
"Don't move." After pulling out his mobile, Luc captured an image. Without proof, his friends would never believe he'd been this close to a child without it fleeing in terror.
"Do us!" Senthys patted the seat beside him. "Take our picture."
Luc set his device to hover an arm's length away, then put his head closer to the boy's. "Portrait. Capture." The mobile made a soft click signaling completion.
When he showed the image to the boy, Senthys squealed. "That's me! And that's you."
"Yes, it is." The glasses had the name Draap on the earpiece. No kid this age could afford those and it was Luc's preferred brand. Proof he hadn't faked the entire thing. His friends would lose substantial bet money with this.
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Those eyes must be something else
Given his backstory, this is a particularly sweet little moment.
Big bad wolf indeed. 🙂 Thank you!
Dee, thank you for sharing!
Janet, the reveal of his eyes comes much later in the book, but the irony of it is, this story is from Luc’s point of view, and when his true eyes are revealed, he can’t see them, even in the mirror. He’s truly never seen his own eyes. Only those eyes of the few others like him.
Writing Luc with this child — having written him in previous books as the bad wolf, was fun indeed. 🙂
Nice moment in your excerpt. I enjoyed it. Good luck and thanks for sharing!
Thanks for letting me know, Tena. 🙂
Interesting excerpt. Definitely makes you wonder about the eyes and even the child’s eyes.
Thank you Beverley! 🙂