Octavia E. Butler - Earthseed, Book 1 -… [240]

No thunder today, though there was some last night. Steady drizzle, and occasional, heavy showers all day. All day. So different and beautiful. I’ve never felt so overwhelmed by water. I went out and walked in the rain until I was soaked. Cory didn’t want me to, but I did it anyway. It was so wonderful. How can she not understand that? It was so incredible and wonderful. — , Octavia E. Butler - Earthseed, Book 1 -…, 240

Note

The syntax thins out as the narrator surrenders to the weather: sentence fragments, the repeated ‘All day,’ the doubling of ‘wonderful’ and the near-tautology ‘incredible and wonderful.’ Repetition here isn’t flat writing but a voice that exceeds its own vocabulary — and the last line pivots to an accusation directed at Cory’s fear.