"Shit, it ain't workin' and it ain't gonna," William cursed as the dust he had been trying to make into a brick fell apart. It was too delicate and fiddly and he couldn't do it.
He waited for a sigh or something from the professor but all he said was, "Yes, it will. Getting angry with it won't help anything. That's a place to start but not end up."
The answer was just slightly different words than the professor had been saying all day and William bit back a curse as he pushed the dust down and the ground opened for it. That was easy, he could make the ground shake and tremble even open, but when it was just dust in his hands, it slipped.
"Go get something to eat and we'll try again later," The professor said as William heard his chair go from the grass to the gravel near the porch.
He was supposed to be learning how to change things here, but it was ending up another mess. It didn't make sense how the professor could keep being so damn hopeful about everything when clearly everything fell apart. After staring at the ground for a few more minutes, William stood up and started towards the kitchen.
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branchandroot
Dust in my hands
Date: 2012-03-12 01:40 am (UTC)He waited for a sigh or something from the professor but all he said was, "Yes, it will. Getting angry with it won't help anything. That's a place to start but not end up."
The answer was just slightly different words than the professor had been saying all day and William bit back a curse as he pushed the dust down and the ground opened for it. That was easy, he could make the ground shake and tremble even open, but when it was just dust in his hands, it slipped.
"Go get something to eat and we'll try again later," The professor said as William heard his chair go from the grass to the gravel near the porch.
He was supposed to be learning how to change things here, but it was ending up another mess. It didn't make sense how the professor could keep being so damn hopeful about everything when clearly everything fell apart. After staring at the ground for a few more minutes, William stood up and started towards the kitchen.