It was the lie they needed to propel themselves through the dark tunnel they were now trapped within. Nora would be alright. Not because the healers had said as much or because the young girl had given any indication of waking, but because any other reality was simply unimaginable. Nora would be alright because the alternatives were too horrific to consider. Melody forced down the bile that rose in her throat. Nora would be alright, she had to be.
"Before she ... before she fell asleep, she was babbling a bit. I think she was talking about the zoo...did you bring her there recently? I don't know where else she would have heard about nifflers." Melody needed something to focus on aside from the scene they were currently in.
"Before she ... before she fell asleep, she was babbling a bit. I think she was talking about the zoo...did you bring her there recently? I don't know where else she would have heard about nifflers." Melody needed something to focus on aside from the scene they were currently in.