Kihivas stopped, his breathing somewhat labored from the frustration and pain he felt. With a snarl he asked, “why did you leave with that Elemental? You knew what would happen.” “No,” Nevetes finally responded, though he didn’t turn and he didn’t stop moving. “I knew what they told us. But the truth is, we are stronger than they. And their only leg up was trying to escape.” “So, you just decided to leave?” “The answers I wanted weren’t in that mountain,” Nevetes finally turned around. At his back, a tower loomed beyond his shoulder. “They were in there.”
Inscriptions from the Heart 