Acceptance

A few minutes later, Seline was sitting with her back against the wall of the cavern, eyes open as wide as they could go while she tried to process all the information that had just been dumped on her by the man who had come back alive after touching the crystal and looking dead, for all purposes, until just a little while ago.

He was sitting on the ground in front of her, and from the way one corner of his lips was raised, she could tell that he understood how confused she felt. All the words he said we buzzing around in her head, not even one fitting into any form that could give her enough of an idea of what was expected of her, so after biting her lips for a few seconds, she asked, "Can you explain it again? Slowly, this time. And using simpler terms, if at all possible."