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Categories : Low Fantasy • Mystery • Suspense
/ˈsi-nəs-thēts ɡām/
She can see people's auras . . .
"The red light flashed on her face means affection."
He can taste words . . .
"He's lying!"
And she can feel what others feel...
A/N: You may notice the exaggeration of one of the rare forms of synesthesia. It's just a product of my imagination. Happy reading!
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BLAISE
Muntik nang malaglag ang panga ko at halos lumuwa na rin ang aking mga mata dahil sa mga salitang binitawan ni Harith Bracken.
Living lie detector.
Living lie detector.
It echoed on my mind.
If what he said was true, then he probably had lexical-gustatory synesthesia. It’s one of the rare forms of synesthesia. Synesthete could able to taste or smell words, either said or written by somebody else.
Nahagip ng paningin ko ang pagkuyom ng mga palad ni Kavin at tila ba bumaon na ang mga kuko nito roon. “Niloloko mo ba kami, ha? Pa’no naman kami maniniwala sa ’yo?” bugnot nitong tanong kay Harith.
Kung totoong may synesthesia si Harith and he could really detect a lie, tama lang ang naging pasya kong huwag paniwalaan ang childhood friend kong si Kavin.
“How do I prove? Um . . .” Harith said then gently touched his chin. He was thinking of a better idea to verify that what he just said to us was true and Kavin was lying. “Let’s play two truths and one lie then!” He cracked a grin at him as he came up with that idea—a game.
Kavin just rolled his eyes.
Naisip ko tuloy na mag-volunteer. Pero ano naman ang sasabihin ko? Hmm. Two truths and one lie, huh? Think, Blaise. Think!
“Let’s stop this nonsense talk—” Hindi na natapos ni Lilith ang sasabihin nang sumingit ako bigla
“Okay!” sigaw ko. Nabaling sa ’kin ang atensyon nilang apat. Kunot-noong tumingin sa ’kin sina Rufus at Kavin. Ngumisi lang si Harith habang nakataas naman ang isang perpektong kilay ni Lilith. “Try me,” paghamon ko pa kay Harith. Ang puso ko ay patuloy pa rin sa paghaharumentado.
Tumango siya. Tinitigan niya ako nang ilang segundo at parang sinabihan niya ako ng ‘Go, girl!’ gamit ang isip.
I had to clear my throat before speaking. “First, I’m an only child. Second, I transferred here in Lewis High because of my father’s sudden demise.” I bowed down my head and bit my lower lip, refraining myself not to cry in front of them. “L-Last, I c-can see everyone’s emotions.”
Inangat ko ang aking tingin sa dati kong kaklase na nakangiti pa rin hanggang ngayon. It’s time for him to guess which one of my statements was a lie. But if he really had lexical-gustatory synesthesia, then he could detect which one effortlessly.
“Easy . . .” he enunciated, grinning. “It’s the first one!”
My eyes immediately went wide. So, totoo nga? He could able to taste words of people speaking to him?
