Behind

"Mom?"

Titrus voiced having barged into the apartment like a man desperate for answers. 

In the living room was Freya and Anina sitting beside each other on the sofa as they conversed. Anina's head turned as Titrus called on her. She stood up looking straight at him with loving eyes and arms wide open. Titrus paced towards her in shock, trying to be sure it wasn't another illusion and once he had gotten close enough to her. He touched her hands, then her arms, her hair, and placed both his hands on her face . He could feel her. She was real. He wrapped her in his arms so strongly, she reciprocated immediately. Freya looked up at them as she wiped a tear off her eye while smiling.

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"A crack in the shield spells doom, how did that even happen?"

Titrus asked as he sat next to Anina.