"What did you say, my mate?"
She can't have said what I thought she just said. Calling me by my real human name.
My heart is going to melt down any second. I might pass out. NO. This is not the time to lose control. But if System knows she's aware...it will punish her. My suffering will be a bonus.
But would it be so bad if she knew? If Amber came back to consciousness in the game, and in the world?
Lightning's "mrrrp" is bewildered. [I said, "Oh, my mate."]
Hmmm. Not what I heard. However, I can't ask her about it without her questioning my state of mind. And perhaps I was delusional. Perhaps I imagined what she said, because my thoughts were centered on Amber as well as on Lightning and the cubs.
My mind must have been playing tricks on me. That is it. I heard wrong. She said "mate."
{Lobo?]
My brother responds. [Can we see the cubs yet?]
[Lightning isn't ready. Wait a bit. In any case, we might have a problem.]
His anxiety spikes. [With the cubs?]
