A long, heavy silence ensued. She could only hear her loud and thundering heartbeat, and some chaos, coming from far away. But in there, time had stopped. Eden turned around, trying to find a window oriented south-west. She ran towards it, trying to see past the already dark sky filled with smoke. She squinted her eyes, forcing herself to see past the fog, past the first buildings, her eyes desperately looking for where she knew Dante's building to be.
There was nothing there, though. Just another tall, thick column of dark smoke, and the tip of flames she could spot from time to time behind the tall wall splitting The Suburbs from The Core.
"...It can't be," she muttered. "...Loir?"
"Warlock?" Circé called behind her. "...Nebty, please tell me someone has..."
"I'm sorry, girls," m
