Carina

"It looks peaceful," Evaline said, noting how the bird was sleeping in the nest like it had no cares in the world despite a broken wing and being separated from ...

Evaline placed the root in the pot. Now they wait until the water heated up. "Not often," she said. "Just sometimes whenever I feel restless on a particular week." She ...

"That's okay," Evaline said as she set the pot over the fire. "I don't think I'd remember details like that either." Well, she did have a habit of remembering small ...

"I would like," she said in reply with a tired smile, not really thinking about it. She slid past him and started to walk towards the fire. She was glad ...

Evaline walked up to to the door, standing in front of it and waiting for James to move instead of squeezing past him. "Sounds like a peaceful night," she commented ...

Evaline sat on the edge of her cot, tying her hair into a low ponytail so it stayed out of her face. It was no big deal if James wasn't ...

"Sure," Evaline said as she got up, closing the saddlebag. She made her way over to the yurt, opening the door. "I'm going to sleep then. Wake me up in ...

Evaline paused, hand still on root as she looked up at James. It was ironic, because all of this was for him to sleep a full cycle. "It's okay," she ...

Evaline nodded reaching her hand in the bag to feel for the root. She immediately felt it's rough texture, exactly where she placed it. "Do you want it now?" she ...

Evaline didn't even react, Jerica's words hanging over the fire. As far as she was concerned, the knowledge of other realms existing didn't need to be known to get out ...

Evaline let out a mirthless laugh. "Great," she said curtly. "That makes me feel so much better."

"That's the thing," Evaline went on, no longer filtering her thoughts. "I didn't even know other worlds existed until now. For all I know, we are on Earth, because that's ...

Evaline furrowed her brows in thought. "I don't get it," she said after a long pause. "Is it common knowledge for people in your world to know about this? Why ...

"Yeah. Hopefully," she said quietly, lost in thought. Evaline stared at the flickering fire, trying to think through the mess of her mind. There was so much to think about. ...

Evaline had drowned out Jerica's rambling voice, but she was glad she was talking instead since it allowed her to recover from the effects of the memory. By the time ...