Kros flew on, ignoring the horrible weather.
She only thought about how grievous it was to be alone.
Just like school, she thought. And the memories floated back.
~FLASHBACK~
Kros sat in her desk, fiddling her thumbs.
F, F, F, F, she reiterated in her head.
Mrs. Karten, the math teacher, stared at Kros.
"Did you study?" the nasally teacher's voice asked.
A spark of hope shone in Kros' heart, "N-no ma'am."
She handed Kros her paper.
F, F, F, F, she reiterated in her head, more passionately this time.
She stared at her grade.
110/100
Mrs. Karten's chicken scratch entitled, "Well done!"
Kros' heart broke. There was no bonus problem, so how could she get a 110%?
Great, she realized,
will it be the taunting or the "no-duh-Chriaxa-got-an-A"?Hopefully, the taunting.
Everyone had made fun of Kros during her 9th grade year. She was only thirteen and she skipped a grade (or was it two?) all because she had said one thing.
She never found anyone to befriend. No one had truly cared about her.
Being intelligent was a burden.
~FLASHBACK OVER~
Remembering those moments made Kros weep in agony. Ral cared and cared like no one ever had. Not even her new friends, who clearly showed that they liked her.
Ral can't be replaced, and it's only natural for her to die.
But it hurt so much.
Ral looked pained as she died. What was it that she had said?
"My spirit...a part...of...you..."
Ral's spirit is a part of mine? Kros theorized,
Maybe in memory."do not...trust goddess..."
Do not trust Eris? Kros thought,
Maybe this is some kind of twisted plot. Where Apollo just accused - no. If he let me see the sun chariot without going blind that time, even if it was just Helios, I shouldn't blame him.Kros wept on.