Loor stared at me wide-eyed as I explained what happened and then sat down on the floor. "Pendragon, could it be true?" she asked slowly, "that maybe Saint Dane was only just the beginning?"
I sat down too. "I really don't know but in the mean time, I have to stay here."
Loor looked at me with a gentle expression that turned intense. "This is not a game, Pendragon. We can't focus on our love. We have to focus on getting you back to Second Earth."
"I never said it was a game," I said quietly and got up.
A girl opened the door and walked in. She had a slender body like Loor and was wearing the Batu armor.
"Hello, Loor," she said politely, turned to me, and stared at me in surprise, "and you are?"
"He's Pendragon, Floria," Loor answered for me, "He's not from here. He's from where you came from."
I turned to her in surprise. "What?" I asked.
Loor turned to me. "Floria is from Second Earth. No, she is not a traveler. She somehow ended up on Zadaa."
I turned to Floria with a suspicion in my eyes. "I don't know, Loor. What she is Nevva in disguise?"
"No she is not," Loor said, "I am sure of it." She smiled at me and at her. "I'll be right back," she said.
Floria looked at me and smiled a little. "Pendragon am I right?"
I nodded. "You can call me Bobby if you want."
I saw something flicker in her eyes for a few seconds but went away. "Ok then, Bobby, do you love Loor?"
I was just about to say yes but decided against it. "No, I don't. Why do you ask?"
She looked down. "I don't know how I got here, Bobby, but I'm glad that you're here with me."
I felt my face turn red and I looked down too. "I'm glad you're here too. It's been a while since I seen someone from Second Earth in other territories."
For some reason we started to lean close to each other.
"Then you would understand where I'm at, right?" she asked.
I nodded. "I understand how it is to have everything taken away and I understand how it feels like to not understand anything that happened to you."
She kissed me gently on the cheek just as Loor walked in. "Thanks," she whispered, "Loor's okay, but she never understood me." She leaned away and turned to Loor. "I like your friend, he's nice," she said sweetly.
However, Loor wasn't fooled. After seeing the kiss, her face was filled with hurt. She looked at me and walked out the door.