I wasn’t shocked- not really, anyways. I had kind of expected this kind of thing. But everyone else was once again placed in their statuesque feature. “What are you here for?” I asked, my voice barely escaping the quiver of fear.
Nix’s smile quavered, and for the first time her face fell. “I-I came for help. My world- your future is in serious danger.” She glanced to where the portal had disappeared, and drew up a holographic computer. She muttered something- silently and in Latin, I came to believe. On the screen, it changed from the local news to the world I’d seen in my dream-...
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