Page 71 of Earth Girls are Easy… To Dominate
Olivia sighed and began walking again. “Do you think we could find a . . .”
She paused, unsure of what kind of animal Torque was. “What is Torque?”
A guard snorted. “You don’t have Draxzon on Earth?”
“Oh, no.”Olivia shook her head, “We havehorses.They have fur and aren’t used in the same way anymore.”
“What do you use for transportation then?”A guard asked.
“We call themvehicles,” Olivia said. “I’ll show you a picture of some later.”
”Picture?”
“It’s,”Olivia paused again, “hard to explain. A picture is a moment of time captured in an image.”
“You capture moments?”There was a momentary fear in the guard’s voice.
Olivia bit her lip. Before she joined the United Nations, she worked with the Peace Corps, teaching English in disenfranchised countries, but even there, they understood pictures. She had forgotten how less advanced Vrex was despite how affluent they were.
“Let me show Lord Kaias instead.”She mumbled. The last thing she wanted was for the guards to spread a rumor that the humans were the Vrex equivalent of witches.
The guards sighed with relief, making her shake her head. She walked through the temple, thinking of all the things she and Kaias needed to talk about.
From a distance, she could hear a child and a grown man talking. The child laughed.
“You’re saying it wrong.”The child said between gasps.
“The sounds make no sense,”the man argued, “look at these symbols too. Can you read these?”
“A little,”the child sighed, “but I have a lot to learn. Miss Ol-via says I’m the best, though.”
“Olivia,”the man said, “that is how you say it. Not Ol-via.”
“I apologize, Lord Kaias.”
Kaias sighed. A low grumble rolled out from the room he was in. The girl hesitantly giggled.
“Perhaps I should let you keep this workbook,”she said, stopping her laughter.
“No. I will get one from Olivia.”Kaias said, “I am tired of learning these.”
Olivia smiled and walked to the room. Maia looked up from her workbook and smiled.
“Olivia!”She got up and ran to Olivia, pushing past Kaias as she did.
Kaias frowned, but didn’t say anything. He looked at Olivia and watched as Maia hugged her.
“I’ve been teaching Lord Kaias thealphabet.”
“I heard.”Olivia smiled at Kaias.
His frown softened to his stoic calm gaze. Slowly, he stood up from his seat and looked at the basket in her hands.
“Why are you holding that?”He glared at one of the guards. “Take that from her. And the bag on her back. She shouldn’t be holding anything.”
“I can handle it.”
Kaias shook his head. “You are my Kou.”
