Cole sighed, lying on his bed, well sort of. It had been a few months since the cursed realm was destroyed. Everything seamed to be alright now, but it wasn't, not really.
He rolled into his side looking at the wall, everything was just numb.
He sighed as he heard jay walking towards the door, he wanted one of two things, for Cole to come play video games with him, or to tell Cole that it was time for dinner, neither of which Cole was interested in. He forced himself to sit up and go to the door, opening it just before Jay got there.
Cole put on a fake smile, as always acting like he was fine, that he had adjusted.
"I've got a new racing game, wanna check it out?" Jay asked excited.
"Sure" Cole said, acting like he was interested, then following Jay, at least glad he couldn't be dragged along anymore.
Jay quickly got the game up and ready to play, though it took Cole a fair bit longer to managed to pick up his controller without dropping it again.
Jay was, for once, patient with Cole's attempts to lift the controller, not wanting to upset his friend.
They played the game for a few hours, until Jay got hungry, at which point he left to get food.
Cole left the controller on the chair and went up onto the deck, needing to have some time to think.
•I know Jay means well, he wants things back like they were before, but that's not possible. Lloyd is still struggling over Morro's possession, and me... well I'm just not the same, it's impossible to be. None of them Understand that this is hard, putting up a charade every day that everything is fine. It's not fine, I'm broken, everything feels so numb and it's like I have no control over my own body, if you can call it that.•
Cole was lost in thought as Zane walked up to him "Cole?" He said, having already tried to get his attention a few times his voice had gotten louder until Cole responded.
"Oh... sorry Zane, I was thinking"
"About what? Maybe I can help?"
"No it's fine" Cole said, becoming a bit protective, he knew he should talk about it, but didn't want to.
Zane frowned, he didn't believe Cole, but wasn't going to push him.
There was silence, then Cole winced, holding his head
•Cole... you can see them, can't you... I can help you, come to the temple, I will explain all•
Then the pain faded.
Now Zane was worried "Cole are you alright" he said with a worried frown, a hand on Cole's shoulder.
Cole looked up at him confused "Did you hear that... that... that voice... there was a girl" He said looking around trying to locate the source.
Now Zane was even more concerned "Cole it's just you and me here, No girl"
Cole pushes Zane's hand away "no there was" he insisted. "The temple... sorry Zane I need to go" he said, not even letting Zane respond before his elemental dragon formed, and he flew off.
Zane sighed, worried he wasn't going to let Cole go alone, so followed
