CHAPTER 24
Seething Magma couldn’t shake a certain feeling of guilt as her companions filled her in on the latest events, back behind the motel. Benitoe and George were visible in the dusk, to anyone who cared to look, but she was hidden inside her way-entrance and her participation in the conversation was masked. She tracked the presence of the other sentient creatures nearby just in case, to preserve their privacy.
She’d been so focused on her own research into human geological findings that she’d neglected the needs of her friends. The marvels Benitoe had seen had barely registered for her, and she’d left that to George to handle, since he was so much more familiar with the doings of trade among the short-lived.
But now she tasted some of Benitoe’s alarm at the behavior of this man G
