Even Adam and Roland, who'd already seen enough to stop overreacting to most things, looked completely different this time as their eyes swept over the wreckage scattered everywhere. Not just small chunks of concrete, but massive slabs of wall and ceiling, as if someone had ripped them from the foundations with bare hands and thrown them around at random. The whole place felt like several powerful explosions had torn the ground open.
Adam halted for a moment. His bow dipped slightly, and the words slipped out of him before he even realized he'd spoken.
"What… happened here?"
He said it quietly, more to himself than anyone else, but the heavy, almost suffocating silence made every syllable carry, echoing between the ruined buildings. A few students swallowed nervously. Others edged closer together on instinct, like another person's proximity could somehow protect them.
