Should the Hat not have declared something by now? Soo-Jin could feel eyes upon her—seemingly all the eyes in the vast hall—expectantly. None of the students with surnames from A through P, thus far, had had to say anything for the Hat to render its judgement, and all had gone much quicker.
Perhaps she was broken. Perhaps she wasn't meant to be here at all.
If the Hat sent her home, she could live the quiet life she yearned for. True, she wouldn't get to learn magic—not the hard magic her brother was learning, at any rate—which would make for a disappointing life, and she would probably become a burden upon her mother, but a part of her didn't mind that—and now she was a bad person again.
A bad person and a bad witch. What an awful combination. A disappointing life on earth followed by an eternity in purgatory.
God help her; she couln't have that.
I promise to work very hard, she thought at the Hat in English, as if to illustrate her efforts (and still not convinced it understood Korean thoughts). Please just let me stay so I don't disappoint my mother!
Perhaps she was broken. Perhaps she wasn't meant to be here at all.
If the Hat sent her home, she could live the quiet life she yearned for. True, she wouldn't get to learn magic—not the hard magic her brother was learning, at any rate—which would make for a disappointing life, and she would probably become a burden upon her mother, but a part of her didn't mind that—and now she was a bad person again.
A bad person and a bad witch. What an awful combination. A disappointing life on earth followed by an eternity in purgatory.
God help her; she couln't have that.
I promise to work very hard, she thought at the Hat in English, as if to illustrate her efforts (and still not convinced it understood Korean thoughts). Please just let me stay so I don't disappoint my mother!