Ren sat cross-legged in the quiet dark of their hideout, rifling through his spatial pouch.
He finally retrieved three tightly-wrapped sandwiches and passed them silently to Thorn and Lilith.
Even the sound of rustling parchment seemed deadened in the all-consuming silence pressing against their eardrums.
They didn't speak. They couldn't.
Lilith bit into her sandwich and chewed absently, her eyes flicking to Ren. Her hand moved.
"We have to destroy the Shard and end this Calamity."
Thorn swallowed his bite, setting the sandwich down on the dusty floor beside him.
"How?" he signed. "We don't even know where it is."
Ren stared into the middle distance, jaw clenched.
Thorn lifted his hands again to continue, but then his brow creased. His fingers twitched once, twice, before curling into a fist.
Ren noticed immediately. "What's wrong?"
Thorn's response was fast, frantic.
"Fusion. I can't feel it."
