The Barren Grounds Chapter 11
Summary
TLDRIn Chapter 11, Morgan struggles with her surroundings in a swampy village, experiencing darkness and physical weakness. She encounters Eli Drew, who supports her, and they discuss the connection between their world and another. Morgan blacks out and later awakens in a warm room, where she has a vivid dream about a woman and a child. Upon waking, she realizes the woman was her mother, evoking a mix of emotions. Eli and Morgan bond over their shared experiences, and she learns she's been there for two weeks, a revelation that shocks her. The narrative explores themes of memory, identity, and the passage of time.
Takeaways
- đ Morgan experiences a disorienting journey to a village where she feels overwhelmed by darkness and physical weakness.
- đŸ The Fisher, who supports Morgan, explains the connection between worlds, suggesting the reality of their situation.
- đ”ââïž Morgan loses consciousness and is carried by the Fisher, experiencing a dream that feels very real.
- đ©âđ§ In her dream, Morgan sees a woman rocking a child and humming a song, which seems to be a significant memory.
- đČ Morgan wakes up in a warm room, finding comfort in Eli's presence and the realization that she's safe.
- đ„ Eli and Morgan discuss the meaning of a word from her dream, 'kisy sitot', which translates to 'don't forget yourself'.
- đą Morgan realizes the woman in her dream was her mother, leading to a mix of emotions including anger and sadness.
- đ Eli reassures Morgan that her memories are important, and they share a moment of empathy.
- đ°ïž Morgan learns that she has been in the village for two weeks, which is a shock as it felt like only hours to her.
- đïž The concept of time differing between worlds is introduced, causing Morgan to question her perception of reality.
- đȘ There is a sense of urgency to return home before Morgan's absence is noticed, highlighting the importance of time management.
Q & A
What is the setting of Chapter 11?
-Chapter 11 is set in a village surrounded by swampy areas, where Morgan is experiencing difficulty standing due to her knees feeling like they are about to give out.
Who is supporting Morgan when she feels weak?
-Fish, a character in the story, has his paw firmly under Morgan's armpit to support her.
What does Morgan ask Eli Drew about the strange phenomenon she is experiencing?
-Morgan asks Eli Drew how it is possible for her surroundings to be spinning into blackness and how the situation is real.
What does the Fisher tell Morgan about the connection between worlds?
-The Fisher tells Morgan that all things are connected, including her world and the one they are in, the sky and the land.
What happens to Morgan when she starts to lose her fight against the darkness?
-Morgan's legs finally give out, and she starts to fall, but is caught by the Fisher who lifts her into his arms.
Who is Och, and what does he do for Morgan?
-Och is a character who catches Morgan as she falls and carries her into a warm room to help her recover.
What does Morgan dream about in the warmth of the room?
-Morgan dreams about a woman rocking a toddler, humming a song, and crying while whispering the word 'kisy sitot' to the child.
What does the word 'kisy sitot' mean according to Eli?
-Eli explains that 'kisy sitot' means something like 'don't forget about who you are' or 'don't forget yourself'.
How does Morgan react when she realizes the woman in her dream was her mother?
-Morgan is initially shocked and then overcome with anger, pushing Eli's hand away and burying herself under a hide blanket.
What does Morgan accuse Eli of, and how does he respond?
-Morgan accuses Eli of not thinking about how his actions would make her feel, to which Eli responds by expressing his own longing for home and understanding her anger.
How does the concept of time differ between Morgan's world and the one she is in now?
-Time in Morgan's world and the one she is in now is significantly different; hours in her reality can equate to weeks in this new world.
What does Oek reveal to Morgan about the passage of time?
-Oek reveals that it has been over two weeks since Morgan arrived in his world by showing her the notches he has been making on the wall to keep track of the days.
Outlines
đ Chapter 11: Morgan's Visionary Experience
Morgan struggles with her knees in a swampy area, supported by the Fisher. She's overwhelmed by darkness and questions the reality of her situation. Eli Drew explains that all things are connected, including her world and this one. Morgan loses consciousness and wakes up in a warm room, experiencing a dream where a woman rocks a child and hums a familiar song. The woman whispers 'kisy sito' to the child. Morgan is pulled from her dream by Eli, who reassures her that she's safe. She realizes the woman in her dream was her mother and feels a mix of shock and anger. Eli comforts her, and they discuss the significance of the word 'kisy sito', which means 'don't forget who you are'.
đŁïž Language and Memory: Morgan's Realization
Morgan and Eli discuss the word 'kisy sito', which Morgan recalls from her dream. Eli explains the meaning and its importance in remembering one's identity. Morgan realizes the woman in her dream was her mother, leading to a surge of anger and sadness. She confronts Eli about leaving home, expressing her fears and frustrations. Eli shares his own longing for home and they find common ground in their shared experiences of displacement and the struggle to remember their pasts. Morgan's anger subsides as they bond over their mutual understanding of the importance of memory and identity.
đ°ïž Time Dilation: The Multiverse Theory
Morgan and Eli discuss the passage of time and the possibility of being in a parallel dimension. Morgan is concerned about returning home before her absence is noticed. Eli reveals that she has been in this world for two weeks, a shocking revelation to Morgan who feels like only hours have passed. Oek confirms the duration with notches on the wall, marking each day since Morgan's arrival. The discovery of time dilation between their world and Morgan's reality adds a layer of complexity to their situation, raising questions about the nature of their existence and the implications for their return.
Mindmap
Keywords
đĄSwampy Creas
đĄMorgan
đĄFisher
đĄConnectedness
đĄEli Drew
đĄKis, saso
đĄMemory
đĄMultiverse
đĄTime Discrepancy
đĄOCH
đĄEmotional Turmoil
Highlights
Morgan's knees feel like they're going to give out, indicating her physical struggle.
The Village is described as spinning into blackness, suggesting a disorienting or magical environment.
Fish supports Morgan, showing a caring and supportive character.
Morgan's struggle with darkness overtaking her vision symbolizes her internal conflict.
Eli Drew explains the connection between worlds, introducing a key theme of the story.
Morgan's legs give out, emphasizing her vulnerability.
Och's introduction as a character who carries Morgan and offers warmth.
Morgan's dream of a woman rocking a child introduces a mysterious and emotional subplot.
The woman's crying in the dream signifies unspoken sorrow.
Morgan wakes up to find Eli, establishing a bond between them.
Eli's change in clothing indicates a cultural or personal transformation.
Morgan's realization of the word 'kisy sito' being a Cre language word reveals a connection to her past.
Eli explains the meaning of 'kisy sito', adding depth to Morgan's dream.
Morgan's emotional response to recognizing her mother in the dream shows her deep connection to her past.
Morgan's anger and frustration after realizing the dream's significance highlight her emotional turmoil.
The revelation that Morgan has been in the other world for two weeks, contrasting with her perception of time.
Och's notches on the wall as a physical representation of time passing, confirming the time discrepancy.
Transcripts
and chapter 11 uh as I said some of
these are in swampy creas so although
I've practiced a lot I may as well
apologize just in case I've uh
mispronounced uh some of the words or
have the accent in the wrong place so
chapter 11 I I have questions Morgan's
knees felt like they were going to give
out at any second she was bracing
herself against the long house standing
near the front door The Village she'
just been introduced to was spinning
into Blackness the fish must have
noticed he had his paw firmly under her
armpit for support but it didn't feel
like
enough how how is this even possible she
asked Eli Drew this it's not real the
Fisher laughed esquis the boy may have
drawn misah but it's very real but but
how Morgan widened her eyes to keep them
open to fight off the darkness that was
overtaking her vision how and she was
Los losing the fight all things are
connected the Fisher said your world and
this one the sky and the land all that
is so you you know about humans oh yes
he said I know about Morgan's legs
finally gave out she started to fall
only to be caught by the Fisher he
lifted her into his arms and their eyes
met to her his eyes were at once black
endless and
kind who are you she asked I'm Och and
we need to get you into the warmth
there'll be time for questions later Eli
Morgan whispered deliriously Eli
everything went
black Morgan felt the sensation of being
rocked slowly back and forth she was
being carried but the howling wind and
the cold were gone in their place was
warmth and the sound of a woman humming
and the song was familiar Morgan felt
the same tug that she'd felt when
standing in the snow facing the great
tree in the forest behind it drawn to
the sound and the warmth and the rocking
she opened her eyes and was standing in
a room with a lamp on a small table a
rocking chair and nothing else except a
window outside the window were ancient
trees thick and Tall then there appeared
a woman on the chair and a toddler a
girl in the woman's arms the woman was
rocking the sleeping child humming a
song to her it was sweet and gentle and
the girl looked peaceful but the mother
was not peaceful the mother was crying
trying not to sobb sobbing might wake
the
girl kis
saso the woman whispered to the girl
after the song had finished kisy sitot
taso a voice pulled Morgan away from the
dream somebody was calling her name she
opened her eyes to to find Eli sitting
next to her you're here Morgan touched
his face just to make sure it was
actually him and he she wasn't
hallucinating you're awake he said
Morgan propped herself up on her elbows
she felt stronger and she was happy to
be in the warmth she was lying on a bed
of spruce boughs with a thick and heavy
hide over her body there was a small
fire in the pit beside her a bed casting
light across the wooden walls a chair
sat unoccupied in the corner of the room
beside an opening that led to a room
beyond that there was another empty bed
of spruce boughs on the opposite side of
the fire it was warm in the room but the
cold was still there outside the long
house it pronounced itself with
announced itself with the wind howling
and pushing against the walls Morgan
looked over Eli carefully he wasn't in
the clothes he'd been earlier in earlier
in the night he was dressed like oek
wearing grayish pants a brown jacket
with a hood and white moccasins the only
thing the same about Eli was his braided
hair neat and tight braided hair the
woman in her dream had had hair like
that too hair like strands of midnight
Morgan pictured the woman sitting in the
chair rocking the baby singing to her
Whispering that word kisy Sito
taso Morgan shook her head I was having
a dream
no this is real oh no that's not what I
meant she said I was literally having a
dream but it felt so real Morgan focused
on the woman and repeated the word she'd
repeated to the toddler it wasn't
English it was something else cre dreams
can tell us important things Eli said
where you're from your community do they
speak cre Morgan expected the smile to
leave Eli's face At The Mention of his
home Community but it didn't yes swampy
cre it's a Creed dialect do you speak it
she asked I mean I know you know the
words and stuff but are you
fluent uh eh he nodded the woman in my
dream she kept saying this word to a
little girl she was humming a song and
then she said one word over and over
what word was it Morgan tried to say it
properly recited it deliberately The
Sounds were hard and clumsy
kiss kiss
[Music]
Ito say it again like you remember it
Eli said like you can speak it like
you've always spoken it but I haven't I
never did but you know it even if you
don't think you
do the boy who she'd known for a week
seemed much older and in only a matter
of hours it's in his eyes she thought
he's so quiet and sure she took a breath
and thought of the dream and the woman
and the word just just came off her
lips I know that word he said in English
it means something like don't forget
about who you are or don't forget
yourself that'd be the
closest why would I dream that word she
asked why did I dream that woman well
sometimes you can dream a memory he said
H A Memory Morgan held on tight to the
dream even as it tried to pull away and
leave only fragments she held on tight
to the woman's face and Morgan gasped
put her hands over her mouth and A Tear
fell that was my mom Morgan Eli reached
out and put a hand on her shoulder the
shock of the realization the longing
she'd felt left in a snap in its place
all she could feel was anger the burning
in her chest boiled over and coarsed
through her body like blood she pushed
the hand off her shoulder and buried
herself under the hide blanket what were
you thinking going off like that huh she
said did you ever even think about how I
would feel I did it's just it's just
what you can't possibly have a good
excuse for what you did you could have
died and then what she pulled the
blanket just low enough to see him it
reminded me so much of home when I saw
missah for the first time he stared into
the fire I miss home so much damn it Eli
Morgan's breathing went from almost
hyperventilating to calm in no time she
looked at him from under the security of
the bedding I'm sorry for saying what I
did and pretending this was your
home I can hardly remember that he
grinned warmly at her don't worry about
it you know I think I was just jealous
you know because you can remember your
memories not just dream them it doesn't
matter he said not anymore you know what
messed up Morgan got out of the Hide
blanket entirely so that she and Eli
were sitting across from each other the
way you feel about here I kind of felt
in my dream even I don't know even now I
know it was my mom I mean for all I know
that was the last time I saw her before
she let me go Morgan fought back tears
if she didn't want me to forget myself
well she should have kept me
around well maybe she should have maybe
she didn't have a
choice well don't say that cuz you don't
know that sorry anyway Morgan shook it
off how can anybody remember who they
are when they've never been in the same
place for more than a couple of years
she felt the anger bubbling again right
inside her chest hot and quick she's
just a stupid memory to me now and
that's all so her shout fell to a
whisper so is whoever she wanted me to
be okay he looked like he was going to
cry tears were welling up in those huge
eyes of his Morgan tried to steady her
breathing I'm not angry at you you're
just here that's all all a long silence
followed all they could hear was the
crackling of the fire and the gusting
wind during that time they looked at
each other then away from each other and
then all around the room Morgan spent
time assessing Eli's clothing and how he
had changed and thought it was
remarkable that he looked this way after
such a short period of time how much
time exactly she wish she hadn't left
her phone in her bedroom how long was I
out she asked any thought for a moment M
an hour maybe an hour and the walk here
had taken who knew how long because she
had passed out again she was becoming
the fainting Queen by now it will be
getting close to mourning back on Earth
well Earth was this not earth it
couldn't be Earth did not have Talking
Animals Her Fantasy reading brain kicked
in leaving behind for a moment her worry
about time it couldn't be Earth but they
couldn't be on another Earth either
because because they hadn't actually
traveled anywhere they just stepped
through a portal not flown somewhere on
a spaceship maybe this was some kind of
parallel Dimension that had to be it
she'd read about parallel Dimensions oh
Morgan's heart skipped it was like the
Multiverse in Spider-Man and like lots
of other comic books Morgan Eli said I
said you'd been out for an hour hello he
waved a hand in front of her face okay
she took a breath or two and now that
the theory of the Multiverse had been
solved she returned to her worry about
time actual time it was close to morning
that meant they had to start going now
she stood up we have to get moving he
sprung to his feet and said what where
home where do you think she moved for
the door he stepped in her way and said
no
why well because Katie and James are
going to be up soon and I don't want
them to freak out that's why now move
Morgan tried to push past but he didn't
budge it took you two weeks to come find
me and all of a sudden you're worried
about me getting home before
morning what two weeks you've been here
for two weeks Morgan held her head with
both hands like she had the world's
worst
migrain okay what no why would you say
that say what he asked I'm just guessing
I don't have a calendar or phone ask
goek
he
weeks um give or take a day you're lying
she
said I I don't know what you want me to
say I left the secret room maybe a few
hours ago Eli at most and you left the
room maybe 2 hours before
me but this is she sat back down on
Spruce boughs because because she felt
like she was going to faint again well
this is hm now it wasn't just a
Multiverse but time too hours in her
reality weeks in this one was that why
Eli looked so different was he telling
the truth how could that even be you
have to be lying you've got to
be I'm afraid the boy is telling the
truth oek entered the room and sat down
in an unoccupied chair it has been over
2 weeks since he arrived in miswa I've
been making notches to count the days
since H since what Morgan tried to keep
her voice calm seeing oek for the first
time when she wasn't Delirious from the
cold was very
unsettled to count the days since the
white time began oek said show me she
said which may as well have been her way
of saying prove it there is no way that
Eli had been gone for 2 weeks OCH got up
from the chair follow me Morgan and Eli
followed oek into a living area it was a
modest room with one shuttered window
and furnished with two benches on either
side of a fire pit arranged on shelves
were baskets holding what seemed to be
dwindling amounts of preserved food and
medicine and plates and Cutlery and cups
that were made out of bone and Clay
almost every inch of the wooden walls
was marked with notch
one for each day countless notches OCH
was near the front door crouching in
front of a small span of unblemished
wood near the floor Eli and Morgan knelt
down on either side just in time to see
him make one more Notch see here he
pointed to a mark yeah said Morgan well
this is when I saved Eli from the barren
grounds just like I saved you from them
today oek then methodically tapped each
subsequent Mark until stopping at the
one he had made today right here all
told including the freshly cut notch
Morgan counted
15 2 weeks and one day this can't be
happening she said trust me OCH struck
the knife into the wall and it stayed
there it
is
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