"Gods, I'm so sorry." Friya looked around and discovered that after serving Eryl, she had made one mess after another. "I don't know what's wrong with me."
She rushed out of the field hospital with tears already streaking down her cheeks. Nalrond had to jog to catch up with her and Warp them back to the tower.
There, Friya broke down crying, flooding the Agni with a torrent of jumbled words that were meant to express the depth of Drenya's betrayal and the pain that the reopening of the old wound inflicted on Friya.
Nalrond held her tight, nodding from time to time and handing her a handkerchief to blow her nose when necessary.
"Can you believe my birth mother is such a bitch?" Friya sobbed. "Because I can't!"
"Me neither." The Agni replied.
"I don't know what's worse, whether discovering that she's still alive or that she's going to die a dog's death. If she's lucky." Friya sniffled. "I know she deserves everything that comes her way, but…"
