Zinnia sat curled up, staring at Alton, looking even more conflicted than ever. The concept of this all still hadn't come clean with her nor the memories she had on. Sniffing, she jumped, seeing Iris walking in as she wiped her eyes. "Oh, did you want some alone time? I'm sorry."
"No, no. It's fine…. I was just struggling to cope, you know, with everything going on…. The Garden won't stop, will they?"
Iris sat next to Zinnia shaking her head. "No. I don't think they will…. Not unless we stop them."
"I was gone for so long that I had forgotten just how desperate everyone was here. Vanguard, Gemini, Eyes Over Reality, Hans, Ragnar…. All the enemies we stopped in the past all felt so easy and simple. We came close to losing, but we would always win at the end of the day. These days we're not so lucky. First my father…. Then Emil. I'm still so useless even to this day I have to have people constantly protecting me like some damsel in distress…."
