Тот, кого позвали

The One Who Was Called

B1 · Intermediate · fiction · 18 scenes · Premium story

Part two of the fantasy that began with «Тот, у кого нет имени», and the end of the story. Kosma has spoken Yara's true name aloud, and the Nameless has taken it out of the air — taken, not been given, which is why Yara is still whole and why nothing is settled. Now something is walking the islands wearing her name, doing small harm in her shape, and she cannot warn anybody about it without warning them about herself. Eighteen scenes: a grave behind the tower, eleven notebooks belonging to a man who spent forty years failing to read one line, and the discovery that everybody — the school, Vetla, Yara herself — had been reading half a sentence.

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Characters

Yara (Ярина (Яра)) — Sixteen now
Kosma (Косма) — Empty, and still there
Stanko (Станко) — Sent by the school
Vetla (Ветла) — On the ice
The one who was called (Тот, кого позвали) — Older than the sea

Vocabulary from this story

имя — name
голос — voice
слово — word
ответ — answer
речь — speech
надпись — inscription
тишина — silence
память — memory
круг — circle
камень — stone
звук — sound
море — sea