"This is a simple question," Mathew stated. He then lowered his eys and shook his head. "But sometimes, the simplest questions have the..."
"The hardest answers," Leila said and nodded her head before rolling her eyes in a sign of her impatience. "Yeah, I know. But I don't recall asking for your philosophical thoughts."
The look in the girl's eyes was solid. Leila crossed her hands over her chest and moved her right leg a little bit forward only to tap the top of her leg against the ground.
'She won't take this kind of shit right now,' Mathew realized, gritting his teeth only to then close his eyes.
Mathew took only a moment to sort out his thoughts. Yet, in this short moment, Leila's eyebrow already traveled all the way up her forehead.
"Do you remember what I said about there being an intent behind this entire apocalypse?" Mathew asked while raising his head and looking Leila directly in the eye.
"Yeah, I do," the girl replied, nodding her head.
