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

mixture, when the egg slipped down onto the ground.

they?” Linda said, laughing though

the egg, and returned

the room

that egg, like nothing had

see any problem with adding that specific egg

plate?”

confusion. “Accidents happen. I’m sure the

you ever spend time in the

but her eyes shifted

the center of the room. “That’s enough. I believe this experiment has

case.

out of the room. I stepped back

Jullan said.

understand,” Linda said. “What did I do

have been supervising the girls when they cooked,” Nicholas said to Nathan, “If we do

bowed. “A horrible oversight on my part. I

Nicholas nodded.

on,” Linda said, voice rising in panic or anger or both.

you undercook the eggs, but you even dropped one on the ground, then returned it to

one!” she announced

bait 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