Solo and Escher
In Chapter 5 of The Time Virus we meet these two friends:
There was a sudden clatter as two boys burst into the observatory. Both were about nineteen years old. Their faces shone with happiness as they grabbed cake and yelled out greetings to all of us before running out again as fast as they could.
‘Escher, Solo!’ called Angel. ‘We have guests. Come back.’
Escher and Solo ran back into the observatory, full of apologies as they grabbed more cake. Escher had jet black hair and dark-green eyes. Solo had a shock of spiky blond hair, and eyes so blue that they looked like the sky.
Without even asking, Escher and Solo climbed into my chair and sat on either side of me, pushing Blizzard and Jax to the outer edges of the chair. Just as they did an octopus slithered its way across the chair.
Escher said, ‘Hey, old man, I haven’t seen you for a while.’
I wondered if the octopus would reply, but instead it silently moved to sit on Escher’s shoulders and then tangled its tentacles around his right arm.
Solo grinned.
‘I really dig this chair,’ he said.
Escher nodded and added, ‘Good choice!’
