02: The Station - a Queen becomes acquainted with modern technology
The TV had been off when Bitterblue entered the room. The quiet, inert black-framed black “picture” – what a dull painting to put in a frame – did not draw from her more than a passing glance.
Until…
In a fit of frayed emotions, she dramatically threw herself on the sofa without looking. She needed someplace soft to express her frustration at being taken from her kingdom.
Soft yes, but not peaceful.
The black picture burst to life with color and sound, sending Bitterblue scrambling up and over the back of the sofa in an instant. A not so queenly shout may have followed her over.
“Who is there?” She tried asking, peeking over the edge of the furniture. But the answer she received was not anymore more coherent, to her, than the initial sound that came from by the frame. This was nothing she'd ever seen before. The tapestries in her castle back home could give the impression of movement, but not like this.
With a mix of trepidation and increasing wonder she watched the frame, trying to make sense of what she was seeing.
Bitterblue | The Graceling Realm Series
The TV had been off when Bitterblue entered the room. The quiet, inert black-framed black “picture” – what a dull painting to put in a frame – did not draw from her more than a passing glance.
Until…
In a fit of frayed emotions, she dramatically threw herself on the sofa without looking. She needed someplace soft to express her frustration at being taken from her kingdom.
Soft yes, but not peaceful.
The black picture burst to life with color and sound, sending Bitterblue scrambling up and over the back of the sofa in an instant. A not so queenly shout may have followed her over.
“Who is there?” She tried asking, peeking over the edge of the furniture. But the answer she received was not anymore more coherent, to her, than the initial sound that came from by the frame. This was nothing she'd ever seen before. The tapestries in her castle back home could give the impression of movement, but not like this.
With a mix of trepidation and increasing wonder she watched the frame, trying to make sense of what she was seeing.