[He glances at the empty bed, then at the desk chair. Dorian could be genuinely interested, even if the writing wasn't refined.]
I'll read the opening, then. It'll give you a feel for the style. [He drops onto the seat and pries the book open to the first page.]
Ahem. "It had been three years since Elias had seen his sister. He remembered every detail of the day that she disappeared, including the way the cat was lying on its back when his mother came into his room to tell him that she had gone missing."
[The chapter goes on to set up a mysterious setting and a mountain across the kingdom that was rumored to be cursed. It's obvious that the titular mountain is going to be connected to everything the protagonist has questions about, but to a 12 year old, it's clever.]
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[He glances at the empty bed, then at the desk chair. Dorian could be genuinely interested, even if the writing wasn't refined.]
I'll read the opening, then. It'll give you a feel for the style. [He drops onto the seat and pries the book open to the first page.]
Ahem. "It had been three years since Elias had seen his sister. He remembered every detail of the day that she disappeared, including the way the cat was lying on its back when his mother came into his room to tell him that she had gone missing."
[The chapter goes on to set up a mysterious setting and a mountain across the kingdom that was rumored to be cursed. It's obvious that the titular mountain is going to be connected to everything the protagonist has questions about, but to a 12 year old, it's clever.]