ELRETH
"I need the whole picture, Dad," she said firmly. "Why did you have patrols set up to go to the Portal at all? The Elders told me that was something we've been doing for years and there hasn't been any issues. Though at this point, I don't know how that can be." She folded her arms and tried very hard not to sound like a petulant child. Something inside her always seemed to regress when she was with her parents.
Then her father sent another of those speaking looks to her mother and Elreth almost stamped her foot. But he turned back to her quickly and his expression was serious.
"We've told you about the days when your mother was pregnant with you and stuck in the human world?"
"Yes," she said through her teeth. "I know it was rough, but—"
