Niya starts her day with a little youthful vandalism.
Having been woken up at the crack of dawn by her dear mother, she feels good about this.
She's supposed to be watching her little brother, Tiuten, and escorting him to the market to pick up some Earth-tech. He's twelve and more than capable of going by himself. So she sends him on his way and instead finds herself with a bucket full of paint, a blank wall and a vision.
Her mother is going to be furious... she can hardly wait.
"It was an accident! It's his first time, now he'll know better. He has to learn sometime, especially since we won't be around forever! Do you really think I'll be allowed to go with him every time he needs something when I've been shipped off to live with a bunch of strangers?"
Guli turns to Tiuten worried. "Oh, I'm so sorry, Tiuten. It's okay, it was not your fault. At all."
"But it is. I went to that shop even though I knew I wasn't supposed to..." He looks on the verge of tears.
"There's this place, it's really far away, but I've been talking to someone and they said they'll take me there. Whenever I want."
Sigh. "We should go home. Niya...?" Guli starts but he has no idea what to say.
"You take Tiuten on the bike. I'll find my own way back. Maybe mom will have calmed down a bit before then."
"Okay... try to.... take care, sister."
Is Tiuten agreeable with this plan?
"...Okay. But only because I think mom will be madder if you excuse yourself to eat in the middle of her seizure. And no junk food."
"It can be frozen Laka berries..." He thinks about how much money he has in his wallet. "The rainbow kind."
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