Ancient Tongue

Turning crazy, layman's term for an unknown change in the boy's physical self. Distraction from the warring couple outside forced a slip-on checking the boy. Igna found himself leaning over the pale-faced lad, breaking the curse somehow triggered another set of events. Tiny fingers on which green-veins layered upon the flesh, slowly anticipated the growing terror, the limbs reflexively breathed by tensing and relaxing. Before long, sweat from the forehead dribbled into mixing with the tears – the droplets fell heartily onto the joke of a pillow, by which was blankets stacked on one another.

  "Igna?"