"It seems you've changed a little."
Alicia's voice echoed through the room, calm as always.
I raised an eyebrow, a small smile forming on my lips. "Maybe."
"Then how have things been recently?" I asked, while she answered.
"Quiet... although that won't last now."
I ignored the hints of blame she was throwing at me. "So, do you have a way to deal with this?"
She placed her hands over one another. "Just put the truth before their eyes... and that also depends on what you're about to tell me."
I nodded in understanding and relaxed against the sofa in silence while we stared at each other for a while until she tilted her head.
"Then are you going to talk?"
A few more moments passed in silence before I answered. "Yes... I'll talk."
"As I said before, everything started when Talia found the merchant..."
