The year had brought whirlwind changes to the mountain. The 25 people had made drastic progress in becoming their own person. Compared to when they first awoke, there were now distinct personalities forming very quickly.
They were still nascent in many ways but some factions had formed. Strangely, it was not along racial lines nor gender, but over Lind himself.
Some believed he was to be obeyed in all ways without question while others wanted to do nothing but question him. They did not challenge him but they wanted to derive his wisdom by picking it apart.
There was still another faction that simply wanted to be near him and serve. There might be some shifting around but those were generally all 3 areas of definition. Lind did his best to mediate but it only had verbal arguments thus far.
Lind had raised Tal but he felt like she was much more reasonable than any of the 25 people he was currently dealing with.
