"What were you just thinking about?"
"What do you mean, thinking about what?"
"When you woke up."
"If I say it, you might get mad."
"I won't."
Rita didn't believe that for a second, but she still told the truth.
"I was thinking about how you felt when you missed GodDraw77. I was thinking about that thing you once told me—'It won't stop and wait for you.'" Only now did she fully understand how much unwillingness was hidden in that single line.
"Honestly… they're not that important. Sure, it's glorious, but life is long. When you're older, you'll realize there are many other honors in Kasilanar waiting for you to claim, plenty of legendary adventures worth singing about."
Lightchaser didn't say exactly what "they" were, but out here on the glacier, the two—no, three—of them all understood.
