“You. Talk?” Thea signed with careful hands.
“You. Talk?”I shook my head. The thought of talking more, of thinking more… It was hurting my head. “I don’t want to talk more.”
“OK.”
“OK.”“But…” I hugged my legs as I stared at the door. “Could I just sit here for a while? I… I don’t want to go back. Back there.”
“OK,” she signed again. A simple gesture, one I could easily repeat. It wasn’t a word, just the two letters together. More eloquent than just a thumbs up, almost as someone decided that wasn’t good enough.
“OK,” I shot her a grateful smile and then averted my gaze. I wasn’t ready to return to the Valkyrie dormitory. Maybe it was foolish, but it was safe here. Nobody cared who I was or what was planned for me. I was just an ordinary girl. A foreign feeling, but one I’d have to get
