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Yeah, I don’t knohat either
Kneeling down, I reach for the objects Gretchen left on the ground Before I can wrap ers around them, Grace drops down and snatches the the oracle’s note and pendant into her pocket "That thing is too dangerous for you"
I roll h I’m not entirely certain I wouldn’t have The object has a strange pull on"I was checking to see if there was anything else here"
Grace scowls atthe space where Gretchen disappeared Moo, it was a mystical portal to another realm Now it looks just like any other piece of air in the city Noshadows
"Greer," Grace says, sounding a little lost, "what are we going to do? We can’t just let her go Who knohat et back out? We have to do soet her back?" I ask When did I become the one with the answers, anyway? I’m newer to this world than even Grace "Last time I checked, we have no idea how to find a portal, no idea how to open one, and no idea how to find out how to do either of those things"
"I know that," she says, with more hostility in her voice than I expect "But she is our sister We don’t just let her vanish into the abyss We can’t I can’t"
I sigh She’s scared and she’s right But that doesn’t change the circumstances
"I don’t knohat to do," I answer honestly "We’re facing the sa taken--"
"Only this is Gretchen," she exclaims "This is sohand on her shoulder "But the problem is the same And if the problem is the same, then the solution is the safor the oracle"
"We have no one left to ask for help" I shrug, adjusting ers "Euryale, gone Sthenno, gone Gretchen and Nick, gone The oracle is our only hope Can you think of another idea?"
Grace is silent for several longI’ll dig deeper into my online hunt for resources Maybe there’s a library so that can help"
"Maybe there is" I can tell that feeling useful and productive ht, like ere already planning to do? We can get a good night’s sleep, you can start your research, and we’ll resu"
She looks up at the sky "But there are still a couple of hours of daylight left," she says "Maybe we should keep looking"