Flashback (5)
“Sevir? Are you there?”
Sevir looked at the end of the bed, where the crystal sat with RuIng’s eye covering the whole surface. He didn’t move from the door.
“At least it is not dark this time. Maybe he is not in his room.” RuIng was talking to himself, which made Sevir smile. He walked over and sat down on the bed. Looking sideways. RuIng stopped talking.
The silence didn’t last long. RuIng burst out, “where have you been? I was worried about you. Didn’t you say you were going to a celebration? You have been gone for a fortnight.”
Sevir rolled the crystal on the back of his hand, rolling it back and forth, but didn’t respond. He couldn’t. The constriction in his heart had long existed. He didn’t know what to do about it.
“You look thin. Have you been sick?” RuIng eye wandered on his face. Sevir rubbed his face, feeling conscious, the colour rising slowly. “No.”