20Thanks to Seek, Cryssa felt better over the next few days. The feelings that had troubled her faded, though they didn't go away entirely.
By keeping in mind that the Sharkites--Bey and Perza, in particular--had not been all bad, Cryssa was able to stop worrying so much that they had tainted her. Just because she hated what some of the Sharkites had done didn't mean that she had to hate all of them...or herself. Just because the Sharkites had done terrible things to the Sylva and Kee didn't mean that the Sylva and Kee hated Cryssa.
By focusing on these thoughts, Cryssa was able to limit her feelings of not fitting in with the Sylva. As she did her chores and learned her lessons and talked to people, her heart was lighter than it had been in a while.
Then, one night, just when she t
