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Evaline waited for James to elaborate, be he didn't. She knew why people on Earth got married. What was it in Nye? "What... reasons?" she asked, because something told her ...

Evaline hummed the thought over. It was interesting to hear that last names served as a bit of history to their ancestry. It seemed fairly obvious to her that James's ...

Elias nodded slowly. "I understand," he said. "It sounds like we might be in a similar situation." He decided to end the thought there, instead hearing the word 'scientist' echo ...

Evaline was trying to understand. "How is that any different than James Hawke though? Evaline Horse, Evaline Hawke. They're just animals, and I don't really see why it's so important ...

Elias shrugged. "I dunno. I didn't. But some people are born into it and don't mind it." He looked at Jerica, trying to study her, but getting nothing back. "So ...

Evaline tilted her head, just a little, meeting James's eyes. It was nice to see him in an uplifting mood despite the harsh day and the exhausting week. "Should my ...

Elias snorted. "Guess you're right," he said, repressing a smirk. Then he paused, and the smirk faded away. Since she clearly had no boundaries, he wondered if she'd care if ...

Evaline tried to understand the purpose of a last name, but none came to mind. It wasn't really explained to her. "Believable and not ridiculous, you say," she said under ...

Evaline smiled at the thought. "A real Nye citizen," she echoed slowly. "Does that mean I need to get a last name?"

There was a lot— a lot —to unpeel and think about, but naturally, Elias focused on the first thing that stuck to him. "Why would everyone think you're a monster?" ...

Evaline felt a smile creep along her lips. "Sounds like we'll have to experiment," she said. "Maybe the secret time mage camp I made up does exist in Lettera. Think ...

Evaline wanted to let out a small laugh, but instead focused her energy into the hypotheticals of James being a mage. "If you were a mage, would it only work ...

Evaline sighed, tilting her head back to rest on the wall. "It's a bad thing," she said. "You don't need to carry the burden of knowing, too. It'd be better ...

Elias's brain seemed to lag. He was expecting Jerica to talk about something simple, like her hobbies, like gardening or sword-fighting or horse-riding. Not some philosophical view point. Especially w

Evaline listened to James as he talked, and as suspected, she knew that he was hiding more than he was letting on. Even through the hazy fog of her mind, ...