"You really...kept me waiting."
"I'm sorry. I was stuck inside a crappy dream. "
Ellen moved her chair, sitting by his side—while facing him.
"You missed out on a lot."
"I'm sorry."
She held out a hand, counting down on her fingers.
"You missed our class field trip, Zachary and Lin Qingyi are in the special class now, we've all formed our cores already—nearing our first tempering, all the different holidays, you missed the end-of-year party, and the new years."
"And...you missed our birthdays."
Raymond recognized all of those events—the field trip where Ellen first stumbled upon Killian's inheritance, Zachary finally moving up the classes into the special class, Lin Qingyi getting banished from her sect and moving to the capital.
