Page 21 - DivineSparkRisingFinal

Nicholas Boothman
The answer came in Coimbra: neurolinguistics.
She learned that words weren’t just sounds, but
switches in the brain. Flip the right one, and
everything changes.
Proof that language was power.
“You look exhausted Henry.” she said.
“Nice to see you too, Kir.”
“Don’t call me that. Not anymore.” A pause.
“Please.”
“Ten years and you still know how to lift a
man’s spirits,” he said, then, “You’re right. That
was a long time ago.”
She looked away. “What are you doing here,
Henry?”
“Funny,” he said, “I was about to ask you the
same thing.”
“I live here. You don’t.”
For a moment, no-one spoke. The silence said
more than either of them wanted to.
“You texted me two days ago. Said it was
urgent.”
She shook her head, a flicker of genuine
confusion in her eyes. “I did not text you two days
21