I rewrote a short scene at the end of day 1 from The Registration from Daniel’s point of view! Check it out here:
Realization is flushing through Daniel’s mind too quickly for his thoughts to keep up with. Freezing flames of fire seem to shoot into his palms, where they’re resting against Lynell’s shoulders. He pulls them back and presses his tongue to the roof of his mouth, trying to speak past the flood.
“How Lynell?” he asks, careful to keep his voice level and void of any emotion. “You only get one Registration.” And Lyn already used hers. Daniel remembers the day she decided to so sharply that it still stabs the edges of his mind. The wound never has the chance to heal, not when every time a scab begins to form, the memory rips it open again.
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