The nurse gave her a pitying look. “I’m afraid it is. Now come along, Miss Evans. You wouldn’t want to miss lunch, now would you?” As she spoke, she gestured for Elincia to follow her out of the room.

Immediately she knew that she didn’t want to follow her. She wanted only to get as far away as possible from that strange place. ‘Landel’s Institute’ the nurse had called it. However, she was nearly certain the nurse wouldn’t allow her to simply leave.

She slowly stood up. It took her a moment to gain her balance, but she soon began to wordlessly follow her nurse out the door. As she did she found herself thinking that maybe… if she was lucky… it would all begin to make sense soon.