In Cabin Ten, the room was empty and silent, as Yuna's assigned roommates had promptly relocated to another cabin with their friends after seeing her, an arrangement to which Yuna had not objected at all.
The solitude was a relief, and the recent encounter on the trail with Ren replayed in her mind.
'You're slower than you used to be.'
His words were a simple assessment, but they confirmed a truth she already knew.
'He's right, I am slower.'
The fire she once had during their kendo practices was gone now.
'It has nothing to do with him, anyway. He doesn't care, and I don't care that he doesn't care.'
She thought about the other group, Kofi's group, and how they moved together, recalling how Kofi had handed the sketchbook to Thea, and how Nina had herded them all like a sheepdog. It was messy, and it was the opposite of the empty space she now occupied. She turned onto her side, faced the wooden wall, and closed her eyes.
'I'm better off alone, it's safer this way.'
