𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑘𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑙𝑒, 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑜𝑜𝑡. 𝐼'𝑙𝑙 𝑑𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑓𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑠.

[ Anything and everything usually does happen, but she catchers that thought before it becomes a message. ]

𝐼 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒, 𝑎𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒. 𝑃𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑖𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎 𝑚𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑜 𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑛. 𝑁𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ, 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎 𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑖𝑛.

[ Claire files away the information about Cadens. If she could get there, it'd be more helpful. But still, the name Nadine is committed to memory. ]

𝐼𝑠 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑠, 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑑?