Ray's numbered hours

In the library, Penny glanced at Hugo and then at Atlas. What her brothers spewed toward their grandparents was rude, and they knew it. It was something they would never do in their first life. 

'Seriously. Was I reborn? Or was I transported to a parallel world?' Penny didn't know the answer to this anymore. 

Her brothers were acting strangely.

'Though, I understand Second Brother for how he reacted,' she thought, moving her observant eyes to Hugo. 'He is the type that when he doesn't like something or someone, he stays away from it. So, everything that involves Nina, he's prejudiced.'

It was how he stayed away from Penny in their first life. Although he was more passive before. 

'But First Brother…' Penny slowly moved her eyes to Atlas, flinching a bit when she caught him staring.