The Old Man and His Jins

My head was spinning to the echoes winding in my ears, my mind was though unable to process the words, the gossiping wisps divulging the rumors about myself.

"You just nailed it." Clancy punched my shoulder in appreciation. Shaking my absentee consciousness, and bringing me back to reality. Everyone walking past us had their eyes hooked on me, as their lips showed movement indicating that they were discussing me.

A wave of confusion wrapped me in, as I didn't know how to perceive the unexpected attention I was getting.

"Yeah, really," Travis spoke, bewildered. "I told you. You appear different. And now we all have seen the proof." he continued.

Athen's gaze averted toward him as he spoke. Amidst the chirps, wisps, and harsh laughs, some distant voices whirled over his head and got rapidly processed by his brain as if it were these echoes it had been busier in deciphering than the words his friends were uttering.

"Oh come on. Don't blabber about anything." I tried to dismiss the conve