They maintained eye contact with each other till she decided to look away. Owen had a faint smile on his face by now.
"I wonder when that level up you always talk about will happen."
She could have told him. Opened her mouth and tell it to him directly. She would evens scream it if she has to. But she couldn't. "You will see." Was all she told him. If he were smart, he would have figured it tout. The reason she tells him some things and doesn't tell him some. The reason she omits unpretentious information even though she knows and could have told him in advance. What would jt take her to tell him in advance what the gods are really about and how they work? Nothing. Nothing except that she couldn't.
Owen raised his head from his computer. He knew she was done talking but why she still stood there staring at him, he did not know. "What?"
