LUCEM
XLIV Chapter

"Stop your sweet activities and hurry in," orders Marbella who has stood behind us. He pulled my hand to follow her.

Moonflower sprinted lightly aligning her steps with Marbella who walked hastily into the house. "I don't feel their presence."

“How are you so unable to see how these things are connected? They're back, looking for us through us. More precisely, they were looking for Mars. We should be hidden, remember? Now they're moving towards our place. That means they know what's going on here.

"Me?" Asked but ignored.

The rats, Superman just pointed them straight at us,” Marbella said. “Either intentional or not, the owanna now has our approximate location.”

Moonflower looked devastated.

“That means?" My toot.

“They are closer to finding us now than they were a few hours ago.” Moonflower said blankly.

We stopped the move in the main hall where the rat troop had gathered entirely.

Marbella asks Moonflower to bring her something.

Everyone sat more upright in their seats. The air is suddenly different, intense in a new way. Jimmy and Sam exchanged worried looks.

Sam says, "You really think they know where we are?"

"I knew this was going to happen" said Jimmy, shaking his head.

Superman who steals hears becomes stiff. "What do you mean?"

Jimmy was angry, but his words were calm as he said: “We took a big risk of letting you stay here. We risk our livelihoods and our own safety to allow you to take refuge among us. You have been with us like a family, but your wild imagination here has managed to reveal our location to the enemy.”

I kept listening to the slow conversation between the rats.

"I haven't revealed anything— And what happened today isn't my fault—" Superman's remarks came to a halt..

Jiso who was suddenly among them raised a hand. "Stop," she said, she looked at Jimmy, a gaze so short that I almost missed it.

“You lost focus again. We are never destined to live forever in cages and homemade communities.”.

"I understand that, sir," said Jimmy, his steady voice hiding anger in his eyes. Jiso ignored that and left the troops towards another room.

Superman opens his voice. “But if they really know which location to look for, then we can be found in a matter of hours or days. Planning back troops we can get in one hour, if we do.”

"They've done it" said Sam, looking just as irritated as Jimmy.

"It's naive, this mouse of ours," said Marbella, staring at some of the mice with a dark gaze.

I let out a breath. Which part made my brother so upset? I looked at Superman, looking at the young mouse whose presence had never been seen.

I turned to look at James leaning back in his chair. When our gaze met James shook his head.

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Sided

Do it!

TarNows

Now then?

Sided

Just later...

Sisi sighed. "It's hard."

TarNows

You're complaining, Sisi.

Sided

Am I that?

TarNows

Sided

Yeah, I almost complained.

TarNows

Yeah, it's almost similar...

Sided

I'll go to count the lizard's eyes.

TarNows

Now then?

Sided

No. gabe. Maybe later after I count the salt grains.

TarNows

All right..., let's do that over this coffee.

Sided

What do you think is the scariest thing, TarNow?

TarNows

For us is 'us'.

Sided

Heh.., Silly. Then don't talk about 'us'.

TarNows

Probably death.

Sided

It is inevitable for the living, especially humans.

TarNows

Yes, there are some things that humans cannot avoid.

Sided

You mean destiny?

TarNows

Destiny is the answer to the efforts that humans have made, isn't it?

The sides shrugged both shoulders.

Sided

Did I ever tell you this?

That there is something inevitable like death, and that is life!

..., and that's the real destiny.

TarNows

It feels like I've known that sentence before, in what chapter?

TarNow keeps remembering, while Sisi inhales the thick aroma of night coffee made by TarNow.