"Can't you figure out what happened to her?" Anara asked, her expression filled with hope.
"The only explanation I could come up with is that this might have something to do with her abilities, or perhaps it's one of the conditions of being a half-human, half-tree nymph child. It's hard to tell since I have no reference, but I can assure you that nothing is wrong with her, and this condition might rarely occur again," Greta responded.
"Okay, if you say so. I'll be taking Grace back to the farm then. Please, help Orion with this when you—" Anara began, but as she was about to complete her sentence, a reverberating sound of lightning tearing through the air resonated across the room and within their ears.
Grace's body jerked slightly before slowly relaxing.
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Second Border City
Patriarch Rylan's Mansion.
"Was it really that bad?" Patriarch Rylan asked, looking at his daughter as he carefully fed Eyva a piece of Kalna fruit.
