(Author's Suggested Chapter Song: A thousand years by Christiana Perri)
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"With you?" Soren was taken aback.
"Yeah." She kicked into a ball of snow, still avoiding eye contact.
"I mean... You are like me, right—an orphan?"
Soren nodded.
"So it's good. I have nowhere to go too. I lost my parents to an Eldritch attack when I was little, and after five years here, I don't even remember much of what the outside world looks like.
Fortunately, I have my daddies. Handler said he is going to introduce me to his family outside.
Apparently, they run raids in the Glass for money.
So what do you think—fun, right?" She looked at him hopefully.
Soren really did not know what to say. The invitation was a tempting one.
"Well... the thing is that. My trial is..."
