Ensnared in Shadows          

Inside the bar, the air was thick with an intoxicating mix of vice and despair. The dimly lit space revealed patrons lost in their own worlds of indulgence, oblivious to the outside turmoil. 

"Are you sure that a child should be here?" asked Evie, uncomfortable inside. 

"He might be a child, but I bet that he's over forty years old like Nori," Lorelai commented. 

Liam briefly stared at them and said, "How did you know my age?"

"Let's just say that we have enough of the Netherworld's age system here," Elena said wryly. 

Azazel thought for a moment before he said out loud, "Though in the surface age, that would be like around ten to fourteen years old."

Ren and the others head whipped in his direction. "HUH?"

Azazel stared at the others, baffled by their reaction. "Didn't I tell you? Time and date here are different than on the surface, so there would be a discrepancy between the two realms."