Anerias pulled his foot back from the edge of the city and stepped back. The underworlder closed his eyes again. He put his foot on the other side of the border. The underworlder opened his eyes.
He retrieved his foot. The underworlder closed his eyes.
He was about to do it again when Violina put a frosty hand on his shoulder.
"Stop doing that," she ordered.
"...Alright," he meekly agreed.
The five students stood with their arms crossed as they gazed into the city.
"The tremor probably came from him," Nessa pointed out the obvious.
"Yup." Zach nodded.
"Then, I guess the only question is why." Nessa tilted her head.
Like ducklings, the others copied her movements as they also thought about why the Underworld had positioned such an underworlder in the middle of their city.
"He looks like he's supposed to stop us from entering the Underworld." Surprisingly, Anerias' theory was very reasonable.
