-Hey Sleeping Beauty, time to wake up.

-Just five more minutes, mother.

-I'm a bit too young and too male to be called Mother.

I jumped of surprise and punched him in the face. Oops... I didn't want too.

-I told you not to scare me!

-I didn't know you would be scared of being awaken!, he said with his hand on his red cheek.

-Sorry...

-It's fine, we heal quickly.

-We heal fast? How wonderful! Does that mean that I can hit you again?

He smiled and said:

-I wouldn't recommend it.

-Oh why? Because you're going to hit me back? You would not dare.

-Why's that? I'm not sexist. If I have to hurt someone, man or not, I'll do it.

I laughed and got on my feet. I fell right back in my bed,with a headache.

-What the...? I said while lifting a hand to my forehead.

-Headache?

I nodded and tried to stand again. Peter took my hands and help me to stay still.

-It's normal. It's your first night here, so it means that it was your first time asleep where the time pass differently.

-The time does not pass the same way?

-Nop. Remember when you told me that your family must be worried?

-Yeah...

-Well, they are not.

I looked at him with an horrible look.

-Don't hit me please, your family loves you, he said while protecting his face, it's because they do not know that you're actually gone.

-Oh yeah, that's normal!, I said, throwing my arms in the air

I sat on my bed, once again.
They don't know that I'm gone. They didn't even notice, because they're kind of on pause.

-Peter?

-Hm?

-They will notice my absence someday, right?

-In 1 or 2 months.

-They won't notice before that?

-It's not very long. A month on Phynia is a year here.

-Oh, I see.

No one talked, as usual since I arrived in Nerilium. It's so rare that I have absolutely nothing to say. I can't even work on my filter poblem! Hard to focus on what I say when I actually have zero thing to tell.

-Hey, Specimen? You're still with us?

-Hm? Oh, yeah. I'm hungry.

-Perfect! Diner's served.

-Diner?

-Yup, you slept until 12:30.

-That's unusual. Normally, I wake up at 6 o'clock each morning.

-Ouch. That's early.

-I can't help it.

-I have habits like this one.

-You do?

-Why do you sound surprised?

I followed him out of the bedroom and after 2 turns at the left...

-It's just that I...well I don't really know what to say. I don't know you yet. I simply thought that you were more of the type of person that controls himself.

-You're saying that I have no control over myself?

-What? No! I don't know how to explain my thoughts.

-That's a Writer problem.

3 at right...

-Maybe I am one?

-Perhaps, yeah. We'll see after diner.

and a beautiful wooden staircase,we arrived in the dining room. There was one woman, two girls, one boy and a baby sitting around the table. A normal person would have died of bashfulness when they all turned to stare at me, but everybody knows that I am no classic girl. So, as I am me, I gladfully presented myself.

-Hello, folks! I'm Lizzie. You are...?

-Awfully mad at my son!, said a women

-That's a... peculiar name. Pretty... interesting. Do all the people here have weird and long names and you just happen to have been save from this ridiculous curse? I asked Peter.

-Lizzie, it's no time to talk for no reason, he told me, mom, as she said, that's Lizzie.

-Why is she here?

-Hey that's not very nice! Lottie wouldn't appreciate it. I don't mind because, you know, I'm not very nice either. By the way, nice to meet you, Peter's mom. I said "nice" too many times, didn't I?

I presented her my hand so she could shake it. After two minutes, I gave up.

-I think she does not like me, I whispered in Tall guy's ear while he showed me where to sit.

-My mother doesn't really appreciate strangers, he whispered back in my ear.

-She would have appreciate Lottie, I'm sure of it, I murmured again.

We laughed, silently. Our conversation continued this way until someone punched me under the table.

-Who dared to punch me?

-My apologies, said a little girl, I wanted to kick Peter!

-Oh, euh, it's all right then.

She smiled at me and talked again:

-I'm Felicia.

-Nice to meet you, Felicia. As I said earlier, I'm Lizzie.

-Are you Peter's girlfriend? Because it would be illegal, since I know every Reader and that I do not know you.

Peter spilled is water on the person in front of him. The small boy stright back by splutting his milk on Tall guy.

-Mason! I did not do it on purpose, plus it was only water, you stupid cow!

-Mom, Peter said I was a stupid cow!

-Enough, boys, their mom responded.

Felicia made a strange face, she looked ashamed of them.

-Boys are so "inutile", she said to me while rolling her eyes.

-Felicia's been learning French. She discovered last month that she was a Speaker, told me an other girl, I'm Cornelia. And I agree with her. Nice to meet you, Lizzie. The baby-boy over there is Toby. My mom's name is Charotte.

I made big eyes and looked at Peter. Was she the "Charotte" he told me about. He nodded as he wanted to answer at my un-asked question. God dammit. He said his mom was not very nice. Worst! I agree with him.