"Zael, wakeup." A voice beckoned to him.
He sat upright in his bed and looked around. There, in the doorway, was Rin.
"Rin? What are you doing here? Where's Lin?" He looked around.
Rin's eyes filled with tears, "He- his-" Zael got up and ran to her.
"Rin, I'm sorry. I didn't-" She embraced him, soaking his shirt with her tears.
The both of them stood like that for a long period of time.
Rin pulled away, wiping her tears. "It's fine," tears still streamed down her face.
Zael took her and put her on his back.
"Remember, Rin. We are cousins, so you can tell me anything," he bounced her up onto his back and exited the room.
"Lin," Rin cried, "is," She couldn't, didn't want to say the words.
Zael put her down and hugged her. "You don't have to tell me,"
RIn collapsed into his arms, crying harder than ever.
He tried his best to stop her crying, soothing her with the lullaby that Rin and Lin shared a liking of, singing her songs of the ocean, playing with her hair. Nothing worked. She wept harder and harder with each attempt.
"dead" Rin whispered under her breath. With that word, Zael swept her up and carried her to the lake nearby.
