Chapter Fourteen The ChangeMai was sitting next to Long when Akra walked into the chamber. She didn’t greet him. She didn’t know what to say. When Akra finally broke the silence his voice was different. Deeper.
‘Mai, something has happened to me,’ Akra explained. ‘I do not understand this.’
Mai stood up and walked around him slowly. ‘Your clothes are too small,’ she said.
‘Actually I think my body is too big,’ said Akra, looking worried.
When Mai was in front of him she smiled.
‘You have grown faster than a thoughtbanker usually would. How do you feel?’
He paused to think. ‘I feel different.’
‘You look older.’
‘I feel stronger,’ said Akra, rolling his shoulders.
‘You are beginning to get muscles like Kalin and Long. And you’ve grown a little taller.’ Mai measured her height agains
