Chapter 13
We all started asking questions at once, Brianna managing two or three to Sophie and mine's one each, but it didn't matter since Z couldn't make sense of any of it.
"Children, children," she said, making settle-down gestures with her hands. "One at a time, please."
"Tell it all," I said. "From the beginning."
"Not the very beginning!" Brianna quickly interjected.
"Start with the time portal falling apart. Explain that," Sophie said.
Z looked thoughtful for a moment, as if accessing her memory like an old computer. I could almost hear the whir and whine of a hard drive booting up. Then she gave us an apologetic smile. "I don't contain all the answers."
"Just tell us what you do know," Brianna said. "We can take it from there."
"I was called away," Z said. "I don't know by
