The Children of Gavrilek

By Julie Kirtn Chandler

Chapter excerpt

Kendis swallowed half of her whiskey and then sat her glass on the table. !kay"# she said" narrowing her eyes. The Cos$os is laid out in triplicate $irrors" right% The &niverse" the Biverse" and the 'ntiverse.# (he $ade an etcetera gesticulation with her hand. )arth" Gavrilek" and Tawn * you" your Biverse $irror" and your 'ntiverse $irror.# +hat%# 'udrianna asked. (he had no idea what Kendis $eant. !h" ,-$ sorry" honey"# Kendis cupped her $outh and then released it. , thought you understood about your $irrors. )verything in triplicate" re$e$ber" even hu$an beings.# But ,.# 'udrianna began. /ang on"# Kendis said" interrupting 'udrianna. (he pointed to 'udrianna-s glass and ad0usted her seat. 1rink your drink" honey. ,-$ gonna explain it to ya the best that , can. !kay%# !kay"# 'udrianna said" and then she gulped her whiskey. Kendis then continued" There are two deities in the cos$os2 God" who rules over the &niverse" and 'ntigod" who rules over the 'ntiverse. The Biverse is their trashcan. They 0ointly created it so they could throw their re0ected creations into it" so everything in there" includin- $e" includin- 1evon" includin- Gavrilek" and everyone fro$ Gavrilek" is a co$pilation of unwanted things.#

'udrianna winced and said" Kendis" please don-t say things like that.# (he took another drink and then looked down. 1evon is not unwanted and neither are you.# That-s very nice of you" honey. But to God and to 'ntigod" that-s exactly what we are. They created you all.their children.with the characteristics they wanted ya to have" and then they threw the characteristics they didn-t want ya to have into the Biverse. That-s how we were for$ed. 3our Biverse $irror is a duplicate of your consciousness" 0ust with a different set of personality traits. 1o you understand%# !h God"# 'udrianna said as she pressed her fingers against her te$ples. 3es" , guess so. ,-$ 0ust not sure how , feel about it.# Kendis pulled her fist up to her lips to hide a s$ile" but the upturned corners of her $outh gave it away. ,s this funny to you" Kendis%# 'udrianna asked sharply. Kendis laughed" shot the rest of her whiskey" and said" 3eah" 'udri. , think you-re funny. ,-$ sure so$eone with $ore hu$an experience than , have would respond to you in a $ore stoic $anner" so forgive $e.# (he shrugged with one shoulder. , en0oy your personality" and , 0ust don-t have skill enough to hide it very well.#

Julie Kirtn Chandler is a registered nurse" speciali4ing in e$ergency and critical care. (he was for$ally trained in the $ilitary" first as an active duty co$bat $edic and later as an 'r$y 5urse Corps !fficer. 1uring her officer training" she served two stateside deploy$ents with the Georgia 'r$y 5ational Guard. Today" Julie and her do$estic partner of 66 years" Charity" have a ho$e near 'tlanta" but spend the $a0ority of their ti$e in the (an 7rancisco Bay area where Julie works as a civilian nurse. 8earn $ore at www.0uliekirtonchandler.co$