Azazel enters Jeannette's new apartment with breakfast on the elevator table: Banana porridge, and Antiguan butter bread with cheese melted onto it with a carton of milk, a carton or orange juice, and a Starbucks coffee bottle. He calls out to her in Spanish with a Taino accent, "¡Mi hija! Despierta y desayuna." ((My daughter! Wake up, and have breakfast."))
She remains asleep.
Thus, he goes over to her, and nearly pinches her nose to wake her. But, he notices her tail tip is a heart. This time, his eyebrows briefly furrow. But, he returns to it, pinching her nose until her eyes open, following her mouth to breathe. He repeats himself, "¡Mi hija! Despierta y desayuna."
"Quoi?" ((What?))
"Ma fille. Venez prendre le petit déjeuner." He leads back to the table, and sits. "Êtes-vous cajun ? Le créole?" ((Are you Cajun? Creole?))
She spoons some banana porridge, then dumps it back into the bowl, unsure what it is, "Cajun. Eh bien, c'est ce qu'ils prétendent. Cela ne semble pas être du gruau, de la farine d'avoine, de la crème de blé ou de la crème de riz. Qu'est-ce que ç'est?" ((Cajun. Well, that's what they claim. It doesn't appear to be grits, oatmeal, cream of wheat, or cream of rice. What is that?))
"Bouillie de banane. C'est caribéen. Vous n'aimez pas nos fruits ?" ((Banana porridge. It's Caribbean. You don't like our fruits?))
"Non, je ne savais pas ce que c'était. J'aime bien les aliments tropicaux." ((No, I didn't know what it was. I like tropical foods.))
Azazel takes a green, week-long pill planner from his other side, and pushes it across the table to her. "Voici votre médicament du matin. Précisément pourquoi avez-vous besoin que votre cœur ralentissent ? Comment aimez-vous le diable blanc? Je vois moi-même un feu d'artifice quand je le regarde dans les yeux. N'est-ce pas ? Ou, est-il peut-être trop proche ?" ((Here is your morning medicine. Precisely why do you need your heart to slow down? How do you like the white devil? I myself see fireworks when I look him in the eye. Is not it ? Or, is it maybe too close?))
Jeannette gulps. "What exactly are you saying?"
"You know what I said. Don't run to the English for backup. What do you call yourself?"
"Stargazer."
Post Time: 10:41 PM - 10/7/2021
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