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

the egg slipped down onto

they?” Linda said,

down, picked up the egg,

the room went

adding the mixture to that egg, like nothing had just happened.

any problem with adding that specific

plate?”

obvious confusion. “Accidents happen. I’m sure the floor is regularly

frowned. “Do you ever spend time in the kitchens

brow furrowed. “Sometimes,” she said, but her eyes shifted as she spoke. She

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

case.

the wall and stormed out of the room. I stepped back just

Jullan

said. “What did I do

cooked,” Nicholas said to Nathan, “If we

on my part. I beg forgiveness, Your Royal

Nicholas nodded.

what is going on,” Linda said,

Linda. Not only did you undercook the eggs, but you even dropped one on the ground, then returned it to the table. Admit it, you’ve never even been into

in one!” she

wider. She’d taken his 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