“You must have a lot of questions,” Sophia said, as she bent down to talk to Lily.”Let’s sit down here,” she said, walking over to one of the rocks lining the path. Sam nodded his head. He wouldn’t let anyone hurt her. Now, as she sat next to Sophia, she could look closer into her face. Actually, she didn’t look so strange anymore, if you can get beyond the blueness of her. I can even imagine this weird-looking blue monkey medicine woman as my friend.
Something about Sophia reminded Lily of Gramma Jennie, who was always there for Lily, who always had time to listen. Her grandmother lived a mile away and Lily loved to spend the night at her apartment. They did things together. Organized photo albums, took Tango, her little border terrier, on a walk. They baked cakes and bread and cookies—mainly chocolate chip. She had all sorts of cool ways of saying things—old-fashioned expressions from her time. Like when she had a problem to solve and she would say “there are two ways around the barn.”
Sophia said, “We need to work out a plan to get you and Sam to safety … I do not want to scare you, but you are in grave danger here. That landslide was planned by Mort and the Pack. They want to kill you and Sam. And they will try again soon. We need to get to the safety of the Time Portal Temple.”
It took Lily no time to register she was terrified. She clutched her chest to keep the panic inside. Right, they want to kill us! Got the message about danger. Need to calm down. Then Lily, almost hysterical, wanted to laugh as she remembered another one of Gramma Jennie’s sayings: “Don’t get into a stew about this.”
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What I love about this one is the graceful way you weave in the flashback about Gramma Jennie. It feels just right in the scene, and it works to give a complete sense of Lily as a character. I love also how you call it back at the end, as a way to define Lily's fear. Really great!
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