A Distant Soil by Colleen Doran

Discussion (6) ¬

1. 
   mamid

   May 30, 2011 at 2:03 am | #

   I have been waiting for this scene.

   “Niniri, you were my mother.”

   Reading this through the first time… I… freaked.

   It still chills me to the bone.
2. 
   Gabycat

   May 30, 2011 at 12:05 pm | #

   I think Niniri is either bipolar or suffers from selective amnesia, she KNOWS what Sere did to little children.
3. 
   scribblerworks

   May 30, 2011 at 2:39 pm | #

   The Queen of Denial.

   Time for a little shattering of that pristine self-image there (and I’m not talking about Seren’s! )
4. 
   Arlnee

   May 30, 2011 at 3:53 pm | #

   actually she’s just stunned that she’s not as smart as she thinks she is and someone figured out her control scheme. Bonus stun for the fact that Seren figured it out on his own. She probably assumed no matter what she did he would never ascribe her actions to intentional infliction, that he would always give her the benefit of the doubt. Now she knows she’ll never be able to control him through his own beliefs about her, her psychic leash is broken. Unfortunately there are other more traditional leashes…
5. 
   Gemina13

   May 30, 2011 at 9:51 pm | #

   **shudders**

   I’ve witnessed breakthroughs like this before. They were horrifying. Seren is so much braver than he thinks he is, to confront Niniri alone.
6. 
   Colleen Doran

   May 31, 2011 at 10:07 am | #

   Not a happy scene.