Chapter 15-Numb
When Dashana died, Ralya had felt pain. When Lyss died, she had felt regret.
Now, staring calmly at Koori's body lying underneath her bedroom window, she felt nothing. She merely thought, Isn't this strange? Everyone who talks to us dies...
And then she felt a strong anger, an anger directed at herself. She didn't seem to care that Koori was dead. She had seen so much death over the past few days that she didn't care anymore.
Ralya stared at the body once more, and then she stumbled into the refresher and threw up.
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Ralya left the house then, without waking up her parents to tell them where she was going, not even bothering to leave a note. She realized that it was probably the stupidest thing she'd ever done, but at that point, she didn't really care.
She went to wake Brekk, but found that he was already up. "What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Koori's dead," she said bluntly.
Brekk made no reply.
"Before she died, she left me a note. She wanted to meet somewhere." Ralya showed him the paper.
"So?" Brekk asked.
"So, maybe she knew she was gonna die and she left something there for us to find."
"So we're going to walk there."
"Shouldn't take more than a few hours."
Silence.
"Jacorim, if you're not coming, I'll go without you."
"I'm coming," he said hurridly.
Ralya smiled, but not really. "I thought you would."
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When Dashana died, Ralya had felt pain. When Lyss died, she had felt regret.
Now, staring calmly at Koori's body lying underneath her bedroom window, she felt nothing. She merely thought, Isn't this strange? Everyone who talks to us dies...
And then she felt a strong anger, an anger directed at herself. She didn't seem to care that Koori was dead. She had seen so much death over the past few days that she didn't care anymore.
Ralya stared at the body once more, and then she stumbled into the refresher and threw up.
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Ralya left the house then, without waking up her parents to tell them where she was going, not even bothering to leave a note. She realized that it was probably the stupidest thing she'd ever done, but at that point, she didn't really care.
She went to wake Brekk, but found that he was already up. "What are you doing here?" he asked.
"Koori's dead," she said bluntly.
Brekk made no reply.
"Before she died, she left me a note. She wanted to meet somewhere." Ralya showed him the paper.
"So?" Brekk asked.
"So, maybe she knew she was gonna die and she left something there for us to find."
"So we're going to walk there."
"Shouldn't take more than a few hours."
Silence.
"Jacorim, if you're not coming, I'll go without you."
"I'm coming," he said hurridly.
Ralya smiled, but not really. "I thought you would."
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