Her tone was serious.
Back home.
She meant that place.
"Really?"
"Yes."
I exhaled. For just a few days, I had to process, and imagined of that universe, that spells, magic, power made it into our world's parallel. Emmanuel and I had always talked endlessly about them. He insisted that we shouldn't trust them, that we simply ran, that perhaps we went crazy, and needed to start a new life. 'It'll only affect the ones around us anyway. You saw that monster, and you saw what Xiao Sang did. We can't run. I believe them anyways,' I reasoned in the end. Then if I were to believe them, if I were to take their side, I would dishonor myself by leaving them.
"I'll come with you."
"What? You can't-"
"I said I'll come with you."
"Those bastards were after your parents, you're only risking your life by following me."