I walked over to Viper and knelt down on one knee beside him, putting my hand on his knee, "Hypatia is right, you know." I looked up at him with tears in my eyes, "We're all so confused with what is going on." I looked up when I felt someones hand on my shoulder and saw it was jvb. I put my other hand on top of his on my shoulder and patted it. "We can make it if we all stick together, you know."
I stood up, pulling on Viper's hand as I did, hoping he would stand with me. I smiled through my tears and looked around at everyone. "We have to find this woman Lynn." I'm ashamed to say I sniffed and actually rubbed my nose with the back of my hand. "Hmmm, sorry. I don't know about the rest of you, but she's fading from my memory. I think, I mean I feel, that she is our way home. Even if that wasn't so, she was obviously our companion when we came here and she was stolen from us. We must find her!"
"Are you ready?" I looked up at Viper, smiling softly, and whispered it again: "Are you ready?"
