Grassland Graces

"I thought you weren't interested… in it." Lukas said once they walked further away from the van. He was talking about the dagger!

There was much protest from Theodore and especially Alexei of the two leaving together earlier, but compared to the desert, Theodore admitted that it was much safer.

"I'm not…" Stacy said again and folded her hands together. "But I… I don't know. Maybe I just wanted some time away from those two. And maybe I am a tiny bit curious about the voice that just spoke to me–that isn't normal, is it?"

"Uh, no. Not at all. Completely abnormal if you ask me." Lukas said as they waded through the grasslands.

The two of them were not going extremely far away–that was asking for more danger than necessary, but it was enough for them to have some space and distance from the prying eyes and ears.

"Yeah…" Stacy kicked at some small pebble in front of her and then suddenly collapsed into the ground.