It looked at me, focused, then squeaked a couple times. Then looked down in confusion. I stepped up to it, and it squatted to look into its optical port. It squeaked again. I said in a soothing tone, “It's ok. You sort of lost your voice when you woke up, but now you can finally be you.”
It looked at me, and then it froze, and slowly, timidly started reaching a grappler toward my face. It squealed out a high pitched oscillating tone that sounded like an “oooo” of amazement. Then delicately, almost tenderly, she touched the flower behind my ear. She seemed mesmerized by it.
I smiled at her and took the flower from my ear, and I tucked it into the joint of her grappler at her shoulder and said, “A pretty flower for a pretty girl.” Then I smiled wider at that and said, “I think I'll call you Flower, would you like that?”
She nodded and touched her flower delicately. I gave her a hug then reached over to open the door. I raised the blinds then looked at her as she was looking around at everything in wonder.
I was so happy that my family was growing. I whispered to her as she trundled out the door to explore the world with a clear head for the first time in her short life, “Welcome home.”
The End
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Novels by Erik Schubach
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Books in the Techromancy Scrolls series...
Adept
Soras
Masquerade
Westlands (2017)
Avalon (2018)
Books in the Urban Fairytales series...
Red Hood: The Hunt
Snow: The White Crow
Ella: Cinders and Ash
Rose: Briar's Thorn
Let Down Your Hair
Hair of Gold: Just Right
The Hood of Locksley
Beauty In The Beast (2017)
Books in the Djinn series...
Cursed
Books in the Drakon series...
Dragonfall
Books in the Valkyrie Chronicles series...
Return of the Asgard
Bloodlines
Folkvangr
Seventy Two Hours
Titans
Books in the Bridge series...
Trolls
Traitor
Unbroken
Books in the Fracture series...
Divergence
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Novellas by Erik Schubach
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The Hollow
Novellas in the Paranormals series...
Fleas
This Sucks
Jinx (2017)
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Short Stories by Erik Schubach
(These short stories span many different genres)
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A Little Favor
Rift Jumpers: Faster Than Light
Scythe
Snack Run
Something Pretty
Short stories in the Fixit Adventures...
Fixit
Glitch
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Romance Novels by Erik Schubach
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Books in the Music of the Soul universe...
(All books are standalone and can be read in any order)
Music of the Soul
A Deafening Whisper
Dating Game
Karaoke Queen
Silent Bob
Five Feet or Less
Broken Song
Syncopated Rhythm
Progeny
Girl Next Door
Lightning Strikes Twice
June
Dead Shot
Music of the Soul Shorts...
Misadventures of Victoria Davenport: Operation Matchmaker
Wallflower
Accidental Date
Holiday Morsels
Books in the London Harmony series...
(All books are standalone and can be read in any order)
Water Gypsy
Feel the Beat
Roctoberfest
Small Fry
Doghouse
Minuette
Squid Hugs
The Pike
Flotilla
Books in the Pike series...
(All books are standalone and can be read in any order)
Ships In The Night
Right To Remain Silent
Books in the Flotilla series...
(All books are standalone and can be read in any order)
Making Waves