[Should she be? She can't think that anyone as busy as Yima would want idle conversation from one of her insignificant followers. People wouldn't feel so blessed to bask in her light if something about it didn't seem precious.

So, any information came from them - Amos, maybe, the man whose faith remained unwavering even being ripped to shreds. Yima's proud question, as rhetorical as it might be, is more interesting, as Caren taps the spine of the book beneath her arm.]

You could ask a dozen of us and receive nearly as many answers. What a "win" for Zenith hinged upon was a topic of hot debate.

[You'd almost think it was intentional. Since their return, she's felt the thread tugging her closer to the other Zenites, but Caren hasn't forgotten how disparate priorities seemed prior to the opening of the Cornerstone.]