Chapter 655: The Sky That Stayed
The words had taken something out of Sophia, leaving her quieter than before, like whatever strength she had used to bring them out had finally run dry. Her hands rested loosely in her lap, her shoulders slightly slumped, her gaze unfocused as if she was still somewhere between the past she had just described and the present she was standing in.
The snow continued to fall around them, soft and steady, settling over the ground, over the headstones, over the two of them where they sat.
Orion didn't respond immediately.
He didn't rush to speak.
He didn't interrupt the silence that followed her words, or rather her story.
Instead, he lifted his gaze slowly, until it settled on the sky above them.
He stayed like that for a while, and Sophia noticed.
Her brows pulled together faintly as she watched him, waiting for something, anything, but when nothing came, confusion crept in quietly.
"…Orion?" she called softly.
He didn't answer her question.
