As we trudged through the rocky terrain, my mind raced, replaying everything that led me here. The Selkies, their strange safe, the fragments, and the chaos tied to them. I had signed up to protect endangered creatures, not for this... whatever this was.
The memory of agreeing to help the Selkies bubbled up, filling me with regret.
Sure, it seemed simple back then—just another task for the overly ambitious intern who wanted to make a difference. But hindsight had a funny way of twisting the knife.
"You know," I muttered bitterly, breaking the silence, "none of this would've happened if I hadn't agreed to help the Selkies. I should've just stayed in MECCP and dealt with something less... death-defying."
Agnos glanced over his shoulder, one brow raised. "Oh, don't pin this on them. The Selkies were just the gateway. The real question is, why did you agree to this quest in the first place?"
I opened my mouth to retort but stopped short.
