Coalescence Book I - Chapter 29 - Encounter
I could parse through the vast array of different scents all at once but it was almost calming to let myself focus on one or another for a while as i closed my eyes. when i opened them i saw a human.. a young human.
Lost But Found - Chapter 1
As they finally came to for the third time, they were met with the warmth of the sun shining down on their fur, mind racing as it tried to parse together what had happened.
Those Bygone Dog-Star Days - Chapter 30 of 37
Taking a second to parse my thoughts i proffered, "if there's anything you want to talk about- " "don't worry about me," aaron dismissed, "i can take care of myself." there was a lie in those words. he walked away, towards the bar. "fine," i mumbled.
Writing Prompt #10 - "Textbooks"
Still, amid the backdrop of my pounding heartbeat, i began to slowly parse the words: _“carlo,_ _ _ _i was going to wait until christmas to give this back to you, but then i remembered how difficult the holidays were for you and thought i would
The Prize Bird
She had trouble parsing it, but she knew what he said next... "begin the preparations." the other dragons ran off, but the speaker, red-scaled, stepped forwards. "so, this is the creature we heard of only in legends... the bird?" bird?
Gorthorn: Chapter 6: Reality Shift
His mouth would not work, and he barely had the will to ask the parsing question in the first place or know the answer. "no, no, no, no." he put his hands to his head. "that's not what's going on at all.
She, Within Herself
She could hear minuscule clicks, clunks, and clatters of the engine that she'd never normally notice and even parse out their direction and intuit their meaning. she was pretty sure her radiator was going to go out here in the next few weeks.
The Guilded Cage, Ch 13
The return trip to the farmland had him completely consumed in his own thoughts, attempting to parse what he had leaned and rationalize what he'd experienced.
Sutopia, Ch 1
Logan stared at the being before him— he couldn't call it a 'robot' despite it definitely being artificial, but he had a hard time parsing exactly what it was, despite an eerily-competent copy of a human, so much so that it somehow managed to skip the uncanny
Sutopia, Ch 21
Traveling several hundred years into the future only to go on a vacation and find himself in a 'fantasy world' setting, things had moved so quickly without any real downtime that he had to stop for a moment to parse his predicament.
Hemiola: Prelude
He had heard stories of the week-long traffic backups caused by automated systems trying to parse a snowstorm, but perhaps these inexperienced drivers were better off with the safety, as opposed to the speed.
[THE WORLD] of Monsters - Chapter 06
The figure nods, as far as butters can parse with the visibility. -it's too late to stop this rotation, yes you must suffer one last time, unless you will it otherwise, but i have a gift. one which will ensure that this cycle is the last one.