The Cypher

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Book: The Cypher Read Online Free PDF
Author: Julian Rosado-Machain
Tags: Science-Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult
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    He touched and pressed the cube; not only did the pieces moved from side to side like the Rubik, but the whole cube changed shape with just a little pressure. He got scared for just a second as one of the corners flattened itself under his touch. He checked for Bolswaithe and pressed the corner back into shape. When the Atheliol returned to its cubed-shape without a crack or bend, he realized that it was designed to change shape.
    He began to see a picture taking form as he moved and turned the pieces. An arm appeared, a horn, the tail of a horse. As he found the patterns on the filigree and pressed them closer to where they needed to be, the cube changed shape until it became an elongated diamond.
    Bolswaithe entered the room and left a pitcher of water on the center table. He didn’t pause to talk and left immediately. Thomas didn’t seem to care; he was engrossed with the cube, as if he was in some sort of trance.
    He realized that the larger pieces could be split anywhere he touched them, and he focused on trying to make larger pictures by finding the missing patterns in the filigree.
    Where was Grandpa? It seemed that he had been in that room for a long time. Without the Atheliol, he would have been bored out of his mind
    He’d never been as fast as his mother. Not even close. The last time she had timed him, he had spent more than seven minutes solving the cube.
    He wasn’t tournament material, but how many people could claim to have solved a Rubik’s cube? He checked the Atheliol in his hand, the lower part was still a diamond, the upper had at least seven sides, and only some of the pictures were half complete – an armored warrior, a horse rider charging with a lance, the long wall of a fortress.
    He assessed that he was less than halfway through and he thought for a second about leaving the thing alone, but stopped.
    Maybe mom would have solved it already. She wouldn’t have been defeated by it.
    He pressed on.
    “A snack, young sir?” The butler stepped into the room again. This time he brought a sandwich and chips. Thomas felt his stomach growl and realized that he was a little hungry and he’d already drunk half the pitcher of water.
    “Thank you,” Thomas said. “Do you know how much longer the interview’s going to be?” He felt as if he’d spent at least a couple of hours in that room.
    The butler glanced at the Atheliol. “Not much longer I guess, but I can interrupt it if you want.”
    “No, it’s okay. Thank you.”
    “Very well,” Bolswaithe said stepping out from the room.
    The butler was sneaky. He gave the impression of being concerned in his comfort but uninterested about his progress with the Atheliol. How had he known he was hungry? The sandwich looked great, as if pulled out from a commercial. He took a bite while pushing the filigree on the Atheliol with one thumb. The long diamond shape was gone and with it the pointy ends.
    He marveled at the flavor of the sandwich. The butler could easily be a chef somewhere instead of a servant in the mansion.
    Thomas left the Atheliol on the center table and he took another bite of the sandwich. He was sure the pictures were complete. They depicted a battle between ancient soldiers and mythological beasts. They looked like old Greek or Roman drawings he had seen in history class.
    What really nagged him was that the whole thing didn’t look perfect; the angles broke the pictures’ flow. It looked better than when it was a cube, although it was no longer in the shape of a cube. Some of the sides poked out in different directions unevenly.
    He pressed the Atheliol, twisted and turned at least seventeen sides, and it wobbled as he set it on top of the table. It wasn’t solved yet, but the pictures seemed to flow better into one another.
    He finished the sandwich and wondered how much longer he needed to wait? Perhaps they’d asked his grandpa to do some medical tests. He was getting impatient. He began to dislike the room.
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