บท 519: Too Late

ELRETH 

Just minutes after her parents left Elreth was ready to crawl out of her own skin. She'd been pacing the living room, arguing with Gar, then with herself when her brother refused to engage anymore.

Rika had been very quiet, just watching and staying in the circle of Gar's arms. But Aaryn stood at the side so she paced back and forth in front of him, his eyes always following her.

She was worrying him, but she didn't know what else to do.

But she did know she couldn't stay there in that house. When her parents and Gahrye returned, this was going to launch. And at that point they were going to need more room because there would be a lot more people.

Echoes of that exchange with Gahrye kept floating through her head.

"…what happens to them when they do this? What side of the traverse do they end up on?"

"We don't know…"