Source of happiness

Hearing the news, I hardly reacted. My body didn't shift, my eyes didn't widen. Because as much as I wanted to avoid falling into the trap of considering myself to be at the center of it all… I had this damned feeling that I indeed was in the very middle of this strange conspiracy. 

Yet, hearing Fay's revelation, I didn't physically react to it. That didn't mean I wasn't shocked or surprised. 

I simply needed some time to process this information and all the things that it now connected. 

"Are you okay?" Fay asked in a low voice, pulling back once again to take a look at my face. And as she did, her own expression mellowed down. She then brought her hand up and lowered it over my cheek, caressing it while she awaited my response.