"Why don't you use your mother's name?" Zein asked as they climbed to the topmost level of the burial ground.
There were only a few lots here, each with the gorgeous landscape of the valley as a backdrop. Zein supposed that was why the maintenance cost was astronomical.
"Well...she was already thrown her name away. That's basically the reason why she made the deal with the Vaski,"
"Deal..." Zein stared at the white stone path below them. He wondered who made the deal with Marshal Todres; Lucia herself, or his father? He looked at Bassena, wanting to ask about the deal the esper's mother made, but Bassena already gave an answer before Zein could speak.
