"There she is!" Janius pointed as soon as she spotted Meesei. From this distance and with the sound of the waterfall, it was hard to make out what she was doing. It soon became clear, if confronting, to them all when they heard her sobbing. Meesei was not one to weep, not with pouring emotion like this. The pack slowed to a stop a short distance away.

An exception was Sabine. She had seen Meesei cry like this before, thought he circumstances were much different and years behind them. Sabine did not take her wide eyes off Meesei as she pushed the bag with Mora's book into Fendros' arms. "Hold this," she softly demanded, before slowly walking up behind Meesei.

"Are you sure...?" Fendros haplessly held onto the book between his palms and looked on. Sabine did not respond to his words at all.

"Meesei?" Sabine murmured just loud enough to hear over the water. Sabine could feel her knees becoming unsteady. She was still nervous from Meesei's previous behaviour, even if she did not seem violent now.

Sabine bowed and craned her head to see the side of Meesei's face. "Are you okay?" she asked gently with a wide-eyed, inquisitive face.