ARIANA
We walked down the forked path. I walked back to the very back with Sally.
“I’m sorry,” I said to Sally.
“Why?”
“We went looking for a bigger source of bluestone because I agreed to this idea. You won’t be able to come home on time—”
“It turns out you’re the type of person who never listens to other people. I told you not to be a hunter anymore.”
Sally spoke straightly as she continued to follow the squad leader.
“I’m fine. Don’t think too much about it,” she continued.
“Are you sure?” I asked. I was the worried one.
“Stop worrying about other people. If you really cared, you wouldn’t have accepted this idea, right? I’ve tried so hard to cure you with the medicine I have. If only the monster’s claws had been a little higher, you might have died right then and there.”
“We’v
