Rinna sat down quietly, accepting the offered cup and playing with it idly. She watched the pulsing book with a troubled expression, obviously going over the flood of questions in her head, deciding which one made the most sense first. 

"Why now, after so long? The power in my family died out so long ago, it was assumed to be a myth, so why has it suddenly come back?" She paused for a moment, but it wasn't long before all the rest of her questions came tumbling out as well.

"What is this place? Where did that letter come from? Why me? Why now? Why don't I have the same element as my ancestors?" Tears began to fall as Rinna voiced her final question, the one that had been plauging her nonstop since the moment she had read the letter for the first time.

"Why wasn't I able to protect them too?"