"Cipher...!"
Raising her voice in an intense way I wouldn't have expected of her, yet one subtle enough to not draw the attention of those around us, Araceli Arévalo addressed me as if she knew me personally and grabbed my hands.
"Seriously, you have to listen to me!"
With brows neatly furrowed, her expression gave the impression of someone filled with worry and concern.
"You don't understand the severity of the situation. Please, you can't just disregard what I'm saying and believe that everything will be fine, or else..."
Words that sounded like bothersome nags exited her mouth.
"Or else what?"
I interrupted the end of her sentence that was trailing off.
"If everything will go so badly as a result of my decisions, then why can no one explain it to me? Because it's bullshit, right?"
"No...! You can't...! It's--"
