[His voice is a quiet murmur in response, the slight, pleased smile that had been curving his lips fading at the corners. There's a harsh pain in the center of his chest whenever he thinks about that, and a shiver that has nothing to do with his fever shakes his body.]
Hey, Dirk... [It's still a quiet murmur, though he's opened his eyes by now. Not looking toward the other boy, but just staring at a point somewhere beyond him. The mural, probably, though his gaze doesn't seem focused on it.] Am I imagining it, or... have a lot of people who woke up on the Monolith vanished...?
[Faize, Lymle, Anna... maybe it's just his bad luck, but...]
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[His voice is a quiet murmur in response, the slight, pleased smile that had been curving his lips fading at the corners. There's a harsh pain in the center of his chest whenever he thinks about that, and a shiver that has nothing to do with his fever shakes his body.]
Hey, Dirk... [It's still a quiet murmur, though he's opened his eyes by now. Not looking toward the other boy, but just staring at a point somewhere beyond him. The mural, probably, though his gaze doesn't seem focused on it.] Am I imagining it, or... have a lot of people who woke up on the Monolith vanished...?
[Faize, Lymle, Anna... maybe it's just his bad luck, but...]