Clementine:
"Wait, we are not going to tell the crusaders I am leaving?" I wondered.
The lurkers entered the basement.
"What for? Do you want them to panic? Or do you need moral support?" Ms. Lenora questioned.
Miss Rue had stayed quiet the entire time, tapping her fingertips on the table.
"What is the emergency?" I asked in bewilderment, watching Miss Rue's hands and then turning to Ms. Lenora, who straightened her back and folded her arms across her chest.
"Because the storm will last for three days," she replied, "and this storm is not only here. It hits South, East, North, and West. I told you about it. It comes once every few years, four or five. Tomorrow is the last day, and something happens in the North on that day."
I stared at her in confusion. I noticed that her tone felt strange.
