The Luna Choosing Game

Linda took the eggs off the stove too soon. I wondered if they had fully solidified. When she cracked

them on a bowl, however, the whites of the eggs, at least, seemed whole. Yet when she cut them in half,

to remove the yokes, the yellow yoke was slimy,

She didn’t seem to mind and poured them into a bowl anyway. A bold choice.

Nathan leaned closer, peering into the bowl. “Does that look right?”

Linda nodded. “I cook the eggs shorter than necessary so the yellow bit comes out better. It makes it

easier to mix too.”

To me, Julian said, “I wonder who they are going to get to taste test this, because not it.”

I really hoped it wasn’t me, either.

Nathan leaned back. His face crumpled like he wanted to correct her, but ultimately, he decided to stay

neutral.

Linda then mixed the other ingredients in with the eggs and began to stir. She lifted an egg half to add

slipped down

Linda said, laughing

egg, and

the room went

continued adding the mixture to that egg, like

again. “Linda. Did you see any problem with adding that specific

plate?”

“Accidents happen. I’m sure the floor

time in the kitchens

her eyes shifted as

room. “That’s enough. I believe

case.

the room. I stepped

loser, Jullan

said. “What did I

said to Nathan, “If we do

part. I beg forgiveness, Your Royal Highness.”

Nicholas nodded.

to me what is going on,” Linda said, voice rising in

eggs, but you even dropped one on the ground,

in one!” she announced

and proven that, though she’d been in a kitchen, she had not been in one to cook. Very likely, she had never cooked in her entire life. Likely, she hadn’t seen anyone else do so either, or she would know not to pick things up off the