While Lith spoke with the Marchioness, everyone was having a conversation with their respective families, deciding how to face the incoming storm.
Everyone but Quylla, of course. She had no relatives, hence she had never spent precious points on a communication amulet. Yet it was the second time already she was considering to buy one.
The first time had been during the four days break. While the others had returned to their homes, she had remained in the academy. Even in her old village, she had always been surrounded by people.
The bustling noise of the daily activities had become part of her life.
But during the break she had no lessons to attend, nowhere to go, and no one to talk to. Ever since Quylla had got her Ballot, she had become an outcast, but she had never really noticed until that moment.
