"Oh my God, Vir!" Raemon let out a deep breath. "Why didn't you tell us about her before?"
"How was I supposed to know, huh?" retorted Vir. "Besides, I couldn't trust you guys completely back then. Your people almost killed me, remember?"
"Jeez, Vir!" Raemon shook his head.
"Is that also why you were in such a hurry?" asked Aranea. "You know, when you helped rescue Sebastian and those men from the hands of the kidnappers?"
Vir just nodded weakly with a long, heavy-sounding exhale.
"Oh, Vir..." said Aranea. "You should have told us right away."
"Yeah," Daisy said. "You should have done that, Vir!"
"When I heard about an Asurry girl being sold to Magnius," Carl said. "I assumed it was a load of crap."
"Who would have guessed, huh?" said Sebastian.
"Yeah..." Carl nodded.
"Gosh!" Vir smiled bitterly. "Why are you guys blaming me? Damn, it!"
