"City Y?" asked Wang Chao as he leaned forward. "That is only an hour and a half from here."
I nodded my head. "Well, it would be about half a day on foot, but you are right. It is close," I agreed, sitting back in my chair.
"Are we going to be hit?" asked Liu Yu Zeng looking at me. Gone was the usual smile on his face and in its place was nothing short of concern.
"Yeah," I admitted, not knowing any other way to break the news to the boys. "We really are." I guess instead of the word 'tide' making you think of a gentle ocean beach scene, I should have gone with 'tsunami'. That is probably more in line with what was going to happen.
"How bad?" asked Liu Wei as he adjusted his glasses.
"Bad," I said, "We should be okay to deal with them, especially since they would have slowed down after devouring everything in their wake. But we would still be hit hard."
