Instead of reacting in the way that they had reacted when Persephone had made her similar announcement, they remained completely quiet, waiting for me to elaborate about what was going on. I couldn't deny the fact that I was beginning to get somewhat apprehensive, but even though I was beginning to feel this way, I knew that there was nothing that I could do about the fact. Absolutely nothing. I needed to follow through with what I was doing. After all, I had already started, and Persephone had made it impossible for me to go about this situation later. If I didn't address them now, then they would think that there was something that I was hiding, and I didn't need that to worry about on top of everything. "I understand that this might be a shock to all of you, but it is a decision that