AARYN
"Did you know about this?" he asked Robbe in a quiet corner half an hour later as they waited for those he'd called to arrive.
Robbe frowned, his eerily bright eyes—even lighter than Aaryn's—flashing beneath his white hair. "I knew there was talk of it. I knew a couple had even run off looking for them. But I didn't know they were going into the human world and bringing them back."
"It? A new city?"
"That's what they're calling it, I think. But I suspect it's just disenfranchised Anima all gathered in the same place. I mean, don't get me wrong, they must have tribes, or packs, or something. But these kids are fooling themselves if they think they're heading out there to find another Tree City."
"Why didn't you mention this to me?" Aaryn growled.
Robbe shook his head. "I thought you knew. These rumors aren't old."
"No, but our people leaving to go find it, is."
