Thor: I’m… kind of from all over. I was just passing through and happened to be at that restaurant you were at. Guess you didn’t see me.
Luna: Why didn’t you come say hi?
Thor: Figured it might be better to get to know each other a little more first.
Luna: Not a bad idea. So… are you a traveling man?
Thor: Sort of.
Luna: Well aren’t you mysterious with your short answers. Tell me something unique about yourself.
Thor: First, answer my question.
Luna: Cheeky. What question?
Thor: This one. If you could choose a musical instrument, which would it be: trumpet, flute, violin, or oboe?
Luna: Violin, probably.
Thor: Ha! I knew it.
Luna: What does that mean?
Thor: It means… you like to be played like an instrument. You’re a pleaser.
It’s silly, honestly. I got it from a Cosmo quiz.
Luna: If it’s from Cosmo, then obviously it’s 100% true science.
Thor: Obviously. So what’s your plan, like in life? What’s your dream--if you could live your wildest dream, what would it be?
I have to set down the phone for a moment.
It’s absolutely incredible, but I realize that no one has asked me that…maybe ever?
I think back to college at Greene State.
Sure, some of my girlfriends asked me what I wanted to study. But no one had asked me about my own dreams. Ever, that I can remember. I have to think for a moment about what I might actually want. Thor’s comment forces me to reflect.
Then, I see an old stack of notebooks in the attic from when I was a little girl. I didn’t have any siblings, so I would keep busy up here.
I open one of the spiral notebooks and smile.
It’s a page of the “Easton Times,” the newspaper I used to create and give to my parents when I was a little girl.
I open the first page, and it’s got everything. A hot gossip column. Neighborhood news section. The sports section.
All articles written in messy seven year old pencil writing, by myself.
And then, there’s my favorite section--the Sunday comics.
It’s rudimentary, but I’ve got the three box structure down.
I collapse back on the bed upstairs in the attic.
Luna: This is kind of nerdy of me. I’m wrapping up my journalism degree this year, but I think in my heart I always wanted to be a comic book writer.
Thor: That’s so cool
