Hug.
"I've looked forward to this for so long."
Kiss.
"Why are you pretending you don't know me?"
Pinch.
"Don't do this again next time."
Avery quickly regained control of her emotions, and the storm that had been brewing dissipated before it could erupt.
After ten years apart, there was so much to say and so many feelings to share, but now was not the time. After chatting briefly, the topic quickly shifted back to the current Blood Moon.
Avery said, "I should have guessed it was you."
"If you think about it, none of us could get through here, yet one person managed to navigate effortlessly for so long. Among all the apprentices I know, who else could it be but you? I should have figured it out sooner."
She tugged at her hair in frustration.
It was only then that Lynch learned that a group of apprentices had been waiting for him at the entrance of the Knowledge Ruins for some time, even organizing several attempts by skilled apprentices to break in—all to no avail.
