After the abrupt realization that the world she lived in might one day connect with a so-called "infinite flow world," Arabella Donovan found herself consumed by a dilemma.
On one hand, she worried that if this really happened, it would catch people unawares and harm her family, friends, and the innocent people she'd never met. On the other, she feared that if she got involved rashly, she would fail to gain anyone's trust and could easily be exploited by those with ulterior motives, implicating her family and friends and causing them to suffer harm even before the calamity arrived.
Guinevere Preston noticed her inner struggle and asked if she had run into some kind of intractable problem.
Looking at the elder before her, whose eyes were filled with nothing but love and acceptance, Arabella felt like a lost fledgling that had heard its mother's call, finally able to return to the nest for a moment's peace.
