“What am I supposed to do with that?”
The man whom Mecken had reminded Eddie was named Shin stood in front of both Eddie and Mecken with his hands on his hips and his top lip curled in distaste. Shin was far from still, though. His right knee bounced in time to a tune that only he seemed to hear, he blinked almost nonstop, and he worried at the inside of his lower lip with his teeth.
Eddie had been thrilled to see it was Mecken who had showed up to take him into town, as opposed to the image of Someone Else—usually a very large and very grumpy man-like beast that barked orders and carried a long whip. Kaeva had disappeared when Kaeva had walked out of the house, but Eddie hadn’t imagined that Kaeva would be the one touring him around the island. Kaeva didn’t like people and people were o
