“Noooop, look again! Can’t you see anything?” She laughed and leaned in closer and then back out again; then turned a little to the left and then to the right. “See it now?” She had a wide smile on her mouth and in her eyes. He guessed that it must be obvious and was of great importance to Soom, but he didn’t have a clue what she was talking about.
“Sorry, dear… I must be particularly unobservant this afternoon. Perhaps my head’s too full of my story and I’m trying not to lose my place in it. I can’t concentrate. Give me a clue.”
“Look into her eyes… see?”
“I have been looking at her eyes…” He had been too, he thought perhaps they might be changing colour. “No, sorry…”
“She can see now! Look!
“Ni, Shell, ni! – Here, Shell, here!” She wiggled the fingers of a hand in front of Craig’s f
