7~The Curtain Room

Luca entered the Elder's room after sticking with Jane the whole afternoon.He watched her work and stayed in silence afraid of disrupting her job.She was a naturally kind woman and did her very best in her job.

He entered the room which had quite the tall entrance.It had doors made of black wood and had carvings of numerous people on it. Before he could take a closer look,Jane knocked on the door.A man's voice was heard from inside.

'Come in.'

'OH!Its Jane and Mr.Carter.Hello young one.' The Elder was standing beside the table looking at some papers.He put down it with a smile.

'I will take my leave then Elder.'

'Yes,please.'

Jane smiled at him and went outside.The Elder sat down on the couch near to the huge curtains that seemed to cover a huge part of the room .Luca was curious but held it in.

'Would you like some tea?'

'Yes,please.' The initial excitement and nervousness inside Luca started to calm down with the refreshing tea which was made very fast and was just the right warmth.It had a sweet aroma.

They drank the tea in silence.He had millions of questions to ask,about his parents,the accident.

'What is this place?'

He wanted to stop himself from asking such a stupid question.It was so obvious from what he had seen all day.It was bound to be some kind of institution or orphanage.The kids and those bedrooms and the whole building made it so obvious that only a person who has never heard of such a place would be confused.

He felt himself going red but the old man chuckled.He found the kid more cute.

'This(his arms were open wide)is Stakver.It may seem like an orphanage but kids with guardians also come here.'

'So its some kind of daycare orphanage?'

'You could say that .Some children who have parents also stay for the night'

'I saw you in the courtyard before.This afternoon.'

'Oh that wasn't me.'And he stood up before Luca could ask anymore questions.

If that wasn't the Elder,then who was it.But he was pretty sure they both looked similar.He realized he had been thinking the person he met for the first as an Elder with ease.This fact made him somehow uncomfortable.

The Elder in appearance was a lean man who had silver hair with a few black ones coming from here and there.He wore something simple, a white shirt and trousers.They looked plain but somehow the clothes looked like it couldn't be bought with small money.

Luca looked around the room and his eyes were once again drawn into the curtains.They were blue in color but he could see nothing.He looked around the office and was startled to notice that there were just a table and couch along with the people.

Where did he boil the tea?