|Snow|
The conversation reached its natural end after Stephanie’s startling confession. A quiet understanding passed between us, none of us quite ready to unpack the weight of what she'd shared. Perhaps sensing how overwhelmed we still were, she gently steered the discussion in another direction, as if giving us space to breathe.
Her curiosity, however, was far from sated.
“So... where exactly did Kairos find you?” she asked, turning her wide, questioning eyes on me. “Did you really come from Persephone Island?”
Before I could fully answer, more questions followed—genuine, urgent, and laced with wonder. She wanted to know everything: where I’d been in the past two months I was away, what had happened after I vanished, how I survived. Her voice trembled at times, as though part of her f
