“talking with a voice”, {talking with telepathy}
Moo-young
It had been a week since Roseia had been discharged from the hospital after being released from the old hag’s punishment, so she had been careful since moving into her new room. She had been taking it easy by sleeping, eating and watching kdramas, with her current favourite show was My Demon. I was keeping an eye on her, so it was after lunch and at the table Ji-ah asked her, “another episode of My demon or a nap?” she thought about it for second then answered “My demon with maybe mint chocolate ice cream as dessert.”
I looked across the table to see Yeon’s eye light up at the mention of mint chocolate ice cream which made me chuckle. Ji-ah and I grabbed the lunch dishes to take them to the kitchen, while Roseia headed for the couch. Yeon followed her to the couch with a pillow and a handful of blankets to keep her warm while we watched the episode.
The two of us walked in the living area to find Roseia lying down with two blankets on top of her and a pillow under head. Ji-ah let out a giggle at the sight of Yeon gently patting his sister’s head, “honey why are you patting your sister the same way I used to pat your head?” I asked him. He looked around and stopped but she smiled “please continue big brother it felt nice. By the way feel free to call me rose when our family is around because Roseia is too formal for family is address me by.”
“We enrolled Yun into an international school once her gut feelings became clearer and she knew you would be staying in our lives. She has been learning English in writing and speaking as part of their curriculum and now she has you to practise with” Ji-ah commented. “Actually, English is my second language as I was raised with the Woi Wurrung local language, so you could say English is my first written language. I’ve been speaking Korean for decades, so I know three languages.”
“This explains why you don’t need subtitles when watching kdramas, we need to start before you nod off and need to carry to your bed because your too tired to wheel yourself” I acknowledged. Yeon pressed play for the next episode of My Demon and it was enjoyable to see Gu-won who dared to mock us older demons surviving without his power. Halfway through the episode Rose wondered out loud “if Gu-won was in our world would he thrive or survive?”
“The only things holding him back would be his need to have many contracts on the go and his attitude, if he was living by hi s universe’s rules” Ji-ah deduced. “if Gu-won lived by our rules he would thrive being a strong demon hunter” Yeon shared. “It seems if Gu-won had to live by the My demon rules, he would struggle compared to living by the rules of our universe” Rose affirmed.
I waited for Rose to add something to her statement, instead she was sound asleep, so I silently got the attention of others poking them. Yeon started to pet her again, so he explained” I did this with Rang when I was raising him, he never knew I did this. Since adding Rose to the family officially, I’ve had this desire to watch over her like a parent.” “We can continue the rest of the episode after we get Rose back into her bed, I don’t want her to sleep out here too long” I suggested.
Yeon picked her up along with the blankets while I went ahead to her room to pull back the covers from the bed. Passing by the umbrella rack a cobweb glimmered in the corner of my left eye. Placing Rose in her bed, Yeon tucked her in and looked back at her with content look on his face. I placed a marking linking rose and myself in case something happened while she slept, this allowed me to feel safe leave her alone. Yeon and I went back into the living area to finish the episode with Ji-ah and I kept track of Rose from a distance.
Rose
It was mid-morning on the 29th of December, Yeon and I were on our way to have lunch with mum and dad. “Yun mentioned a gut feeling she had about me” I replied and he turned to me with one of his eyebrows raised up. I continued “all she said was part of me wouldn’t be full of holes.”
“That’s an interesting thing to say about, I’m curious to what that means” Yeon commented with a confused face. “The both of you have done well to encourage her to trust every gut feeling she receives. It’s important for us to trust certain feelings as they can save our lives in the field, this was something I learnt in my field training when I was younger” I divulged to Yeon.
We reached the office and entered using the side entrance with my wheelchair because I wasn’t strong enough with my walking to go unaided. I transferred on to the couch, got myself comfortable while Yeon moved my wheelchair out of the way. Mum finished her last piece off work then sat in her normal chair; she greeted me “Roseia you are looking better than last time we saw you.” “Thanks mum, I’ve been careful with my health since your punishment” I replied.
I heard the main door open to my left and my mouth started to water after smelling the food, which was placed right in front of me. Dad started to serve out the different dishes, then I tucked in while listening to everyone else chat. “I noticed there a difference in the targets you have for Rose’s jobs compared to ones I receive from you. She gets the less dangerous ones, is this done on purpose to protect her?” He questioned mum.
I caught the look on her face in my peripheral vision, which made me chuckle a little bit and sent {someone’s in trouble} with a singsong tone to Yeon. “I give her the safer jobs because her core is full of hole, to be honest I am not sure how she has survived solo. I secretly worry every time she goes out on a job, so I am glad she has become part of your family” Mum replied with a hidden smile on her face.
Mum’s tone started out as harsh but softened as she got to the part about worrying about me. I saw Yeon’s eyes give me a look say ‘we need to talk’ and I nodded my head to acknowledge it. After I took a sip of my drink, I placed it on coffee table and my eyes noticed the content look on dad’s face.
“Yeon thank you for” I was interrupted by a giant yawn, “taking over my jobs” with this yawn I found it hard to keep my eyes open. I found myself falling on Yeon’s shoulder and my world went dark.
Yeon
I noticed a weight on my shoulder, so I turned my head to see Rose fast asleep, “Yeon leave her with us for tonight” the old hag offered, she turned to the old man and instructed him “Carry her to our bedroom. Yeon follow him to get a set of pjs for her, so she can be comfortable.”
This was the first time I had seen their bedroom; we changed rose into the pj’s then tucked her into bed. “Since when have you kept some of her pj’s here in the office?” I asked the old man. “we’ve kept some of her clothes here since she transferred from her previous branch. you need to wait until she is ready to tell you about her past” he answered me.
I digested his words as we headed back to the main room, Hyunuiong moved her wheelchair out of the way and the old hag came up to me with a knowing look. ” When you come back tomorrow, have your right-hand man drive you and bring a bag with a change of clothes along with pj’s. You won’t be going home for at least a week.”
The next morning Shin-ju and I arrived at the office; I had packed a bag as instructed so I was curious as to the reason why. We walked in to see the old man pouring a cup of coffee in the kitchen, “Morning Yeon and Shin-ju” he greeted us with a yawn. “did something happen last night with rose, as you don’t normally drink strong coffee this early in the morning” I commented.
“It was a bit of a rough night for her because of her legs constantly twitching, the two of us took turns to watch over our daughter. I kept Rose calm by holding her hand and letting her know she wasn’t alone” he explained. The old hag came down the carrying a red and white long piece of cloth.
“Yeon go get changed into your pj’s then meet us in the ritual room” she directed me. The serious look on her face told me it was important, so I followed her direction. When I got to the ritual room rose was already lying in the bed, I was directed to lie down next to Rose.
The old man tied my right arm to her left arm with the red and white piece of cloth, “this ritual is to heal the holes in her core, and you are here in ground Rose with your energy. the two of you will be placed in a deep sleep with your souls sent to the right place for the healing to happen. The incense will help you go into a deep sleep so breath it in and relax” and the last thing he said before the darkness claimed me was “I love you like a son so please look after your sister.”
the World Acording to Rose 