Bird nest

Marie: I have never been to the attic and didn’t even know someone was living there. It must have been so dark and dusty! But that only made me wish to meet its inhabitant more. And I didn’t postpone that meeting.

Task: Go through the attic in «Ghosts» mode.

A careful knock sounded from downstairs. Someone was knocking on the hatch cover.

Marie: Is someone here?

Leo: No. I mean, there’s no one but me… lady.

Marie: Perhaps you’re the one I’m looking for. Are you the one who dropped a paper bird?

Leo: I’m sorry, lady, I’ve just thrown it to the garden, I wasn’t aiming at you...

Marie: What’s your name?

Leo: Leonard, Leo...

Marie: Leo, maybe you could open the hatch? It’s not very comfortable to talk…

Leo: Ah, of course, lady. I’, sorry.

The hatch moves aside with a creak and Marie appears from it.

Marie: Your name is Leo? Than you should call me just Marie, not “lady”. I’m going to get allergic to that word soon.

Leo: All right... Marie.

Marie: Tell me, did you learn how to make such birds on your own?

Leo: My father taught me. He called it «origami».

Marie: Never heard of such things… Will you show it to me?

The boy came up to the dresser, opened it and took out a list of paper covered with writing. Folding it several times quickly, he turned a ruined letter into an elegant swallow.

Marie: How beautiful!

The boy took the bird into his hands with pride, than got three more from the drawer and threw them forward lightly. Caught by a wind gust, they have risen to the ceiling and glided smoothly on a pile of rags in the corner of the attic. The girl laughed in delight.

Marie: Wonderful! It’s a real bird flock! Can you make a butterfly?

The boy looked down at once.

Leo: I’ve never tried to make a butterfly… But I know how to make different birds and also animals and flowers.

Marie: That’s great! Will you teach me too? Please.

Leo: Of course, Marie. That is actually very simple. Look, you should turn the corners inside, then fold it in two and turn the corners back…

You completed Marie’s task and received some points of freedom and some tokens

Marie: That’s how I got to know Leo. I guess I never felt so much at ease with anyone else, except maybe father when he was alive. That time I’ve stayed with him until the evening and when I was leaving I’ve hit my head on a beam by accident. It left a nasty bruise, but I only said: «It’s fine, this way I will surely remember it». And I really did! I remembered that day my whole life…