Stephs' eyes widened at Bens' words about Mike. They had... just started to become friends? Why had he suddenly changed his opinion on her?
Was it... Something she did? Something she had said?
Her brain went into hyperdrive, trying to calculate everything she could in hopes of finding something to give her the answer.
"I'll... Try." She only managed to say before she turned away from Benjamin, she hesitated on moving for a second before she looked towards her friend once more, "I..." She looked at her hands and sighed, holding back tears, "I'm sorry I'm like this." She moved her arms back down before she ran towards the house.

She mainly wanted to get away from Ben before he saw the tears, she moved inside quickly and up the stairs. She stumbled and slammed her knees on a few of the stairs as she went, her eyes becoming blurry and unfocused before she got to Mikes room.
She hesitated for a second, her hand up to knock on his door. How was she going to start this? Was he even going to listen to him? What if... He didn't?
She knocked twice, and waited.
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The figure took the notes, tucking them away into their robes. As they pulled their robes away, they showed a bit of their figure, they were frail; their ribs showing through their skin and clothes.
"We feel..." He started, thinking, "As much as it would be great to have her back. You already seem to have a plan." They stated, their tone changed slightly, instead of their original tone of being breezy and lighthearted, they seemed a lot more serious.

"We understand you may want to dispose of her." They continued, their voice low as they leaned closer to the desk with narrowing eyes, "But mark our words, she will not be hard to kill. You are better off making her a mindless weapon for your cause. The whispers and I can help you do this to her."
They dropped all of their hiding of the whispers, they could sense Gaia coming back and having them on the premise would be an incredibly bad thing to have happen when she arrived back.
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Carl nodded gently to Morrisons words, "That is incredibly kind of you." He said with a weak smile before he looked to Jase, who was following close behind while keeping an eye out on any potential creatures of people that would or could jump them.
Carl adn Jase both stayed quiet before they got to the car, Jase starting to speak up.
"Carl." He started, getting the attention of his injured coworker and his best friend.

"What... Did they mean back there?"
"The stuff about getting off the planet?" Carl asked before he gave a pained, hollow laugh, "there's always been mentions on fallen angels getting back up to heaven if they find a soul of another, non-fallen angel." He said, his voice serious, "I don't remember the circumstances of it, but I don't want to leave my team behind."