Kite Rowe

"So now what?" I asked no one in particular.

"Do you need to ask?" the one named Jin replied. "We get out of here."

"And do what? Ramblum is now exposed to the outside world. It's no longer safe." The town that I had called my home my whole life was probably nothing but rubble. There was nothing back there as far as material possessions went but I still needed somewhere to return to. Now I felt so...lost. And with complete strangers, no less. Even Nova was feeling more like a stranger.

"Lemme have that crystal," I blurted out.

Jin jerked his head at me in surprise. "What? Why?"

"I want to keep an eye on it. I'm not going to sell it; it'd probably be dangerous to do so anyway. And look at it this way. If something deadly really is in there, you won't be the first thing it devours."

There. I posted.