- Back to the artificial dimensions.
The wind was cold here, sharp enough to bite through breath and bone.
Askara, Anggana, and Anindha stood facing Kiara and Litani. For a moment, none of them spoke. Only the soft crackle of the nearby campfire and the distant hum of mana beasts filled the silence.
Their gazes locked, a thousand unspoken things hanging between them.
Kiara's eyes flicked from Askara to the small group behind him, the camp had grown larger since he last left.
"Aska-"
"Don't ask," Askara said flatly.
Kiara blinked, frowned slightly, then tried again. Her gaze shifted past him. "Those are… elves. And two humans-"
"Don't ask," Askara repeated, his tone edged with exhaustion.
"Didn't you just say-"
