"Am I not understanding something here?" Mada asked, as he looked at the three that were around. "It seems that I'm missing some context here or something."
"He's dead," Liam finally blurted out. It felt strange it was the first time he had said those words, and it was the first time Safa had heard them as well. "We went up against a Deleter, they had targeted us…and because of him, all of us got to live."
There was a pause between them, the Elders continued to move on, along with Rayna and Fing, to set things up, While Dame had stayed behind.
The kids, they needed someone right now. They were young, and he wasn't sure adults who had lived a long life would know how to deal with the current situation.
"And that's your excuse?" Ricktor finally said tilting his head to the side. "That you met up with the Deleter? Weren't we all facing the same thing. You two are still alive, and he died…"