"That child didn't knowingly work for Vile!" Fendros tried to shout over Ahnasha in the middle of her retort. It didn't stop her.

After a while, Fendros simply stood with his mouth slightly open, incredulous. He had to give some seconds before he responded just to process what Ahnasha had said. He could only come to one immediate conclusion.

He shook his head slowly. His voice was quieter now, clearly hurt. "I hardly recognise you anymore, Ahna. Why are you being like this?"

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Meanwhile, Sabine walked back from the search for the letter in a daze. Her memory hardly recorded any of the search. She wasn't even clear if they found it or not. She just wanted to head back.

The one thing she remembered for the entire time was that she was scared. Fendros and Ahnasha had stabbed that scared girl in the hand. Well, Ahnasha had her knife out, but Sabine didn't know who it was. The scream still rang in her thoughts.

For lack of seeing Ahnasha and Fendros as she was walking back, Sabine instead began to approach Kaleeth-Rei, slowly picking up her speed faster as she approached. By the time she ran into Kaleeth and gave her a hug, she was jogging and nearly in tears. She did not so much as say a word, let alone explain what was on her mind at the time.