On My Mind…

Prompt Word: Go Minervie and Chip 55 Halfway through eating Edna’s breakfast, Gungan finally thought to ask questions. “My bruises are almost healed. I’m able to use my lips without pain. The discoloration will take some time, but it’s barely noticeable with my dark complexion. Why three weeks?” Minervie looked at him, “Three ribs, both arms, both legs: All broken. Had the Royal actually taken care of you, instead of sending for me looking for prepayment, you’d have been in a full body cast for at least that long, if not longer....

Prompt Word: Set Minervie and Chip 54 Gungan woke up strangely well rested for sleeping in a strange place. He got up and dressed enough to go to the out building. Minervie spotted him first, “Good morning, Gungan. Here.” She handed him a case. “Your toothbrush and shaving set are in there.” “Thanks,” Gungan replied as he hurried out the door. Minervie asked, “Do you think he’ll be okay in the winter for a few weeks?...

Prompt Word: Bond Minervie and Chip 53 Edna and Gungan discussed family, and after some thought, Edna decided that Gungan was a third cousin, once removed. This would say that Gungan’s family line had had kids a bit faster, but well, Edna wasn’t going to correct any assumptions he made about her being a similar age as him. Eventually, they returned to the actual home on the property, and Gungan fell asleep as soon as he sat on the guest room bed, falling awkwardly, with his feet never leaving the floor....

Prompt Word: Age Minervie and Chip: 52 Three unconscious men were tied by their wastes, dangling together underneath a broom stick, about two miles NorthEast of the mouth of the Brisbane, not far from Mud Island, and about one meter above the waters of Moreton Bay. Minervie, atop the floating broom, dipped a lower to dunk them a bit. As these men were shocked awake, Minervie drove her broom is a slow clockwise circle while gaining altitude....