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“…and then the river rose up like a wall and I lost him. Very odd.”
“Why odd? That happens in dream walks, doesn’t it?”
“Yes. I suppose it does.” Ling shook her head. “It’s probably nothing, but I had the strangest feeling that something was working to keep us apart.”
“We don’t have to do this if you don’t want to,” Jericho said. They’d reached a stopping place where they could still hear the music but were far enough away from the hall that Ling thought it would be safe.
“No. We should try,” Ling said. “We have to start figuring these things out for ourselves.”
She balanced on her crutches and took Jericho’s hands in hers.
“It feels like we’re about to square dance,” Jericho said. “Just so we’re clear, I don’t dance.”
“Neither do I.”
“Well. I’m glad that’s settled. Now what?”
Ling bit her lip, thinking. “Your power is strength. Mine is dream walking. I honestly don’t know how our powers combine.”
“Maybe I can make your dream walking stronger?”
“That’s what Henry and I seem to be able to do together,” Ling said. She looked around, buying time while she thought. “Let’s concentrate on one thing, a transference of energy.”
Jericho’s lips quirked. “If you want me to carry you somewhere, you only have to ask.”
“That was a joke?”
“Yes.”
“So you’re getting funnier.”
“Thank you.”
“That wasn’t a compliment. Henry’s the funny one when he should be serious, and I mostly find it annoying.”
Jericho found Ling’s irritation with him hilarious, like having a younger sister to torment. “What if I’m more than just Jericho the Serious?”
“But you are serious. You’re a brooder.”
Jericho scoffed. “I am not a brooder.”
Ling’s expression didn’t change. “Did anyone ever make you read Wuthering Heights?”
“No,” Jericho said, unsure of where this conversation was headed.
“Count yourself lucky. It’s full of annoying people. There is a man named Heathcliff. He is the biggest brooder of them all.”
It took Jericho a minute to catch up. He laughed. “Are you… are you calling me a Heathcliff?”
“If the shoe fits.”
“The shoe does not.”
Ling exhaled noisily. “Do you see that light pole over there?”
Jericho looked over his shoulder at the pole strung with a fat yellowish light. “Yes.”
“What if we tried to make it disappear?”
