Chapter 400: Discussion Between Kim a nd Elin
Kim didn't exactly see everything, but she still aw enough. She saw some of the birds turn into people, she saw that the were friendly towards Jonas and Elin, she saw that Elin was talking with them conversationally. She also aw Elin trying to use a large rock to hit something on the ground. Which felt strange to her, but she was reserving judgement until she knew more about what was going on.
She wasn't sure what everything she saw was about, but it stung when she felt that Elin had left the camp for this. It wasn't that she didn't trust Elin or think that Elin really didn't want to try to work things out, it was more of an emotional reaction to the facts she had so far before her. Even as Elin brought the rock down on whatever she was aiming for again, Kim almost felt like it was her heart that Elin was metaphorically hitting with the rock.
Though, before she gave into the doubts that were starting to swirl in her mind, she wanted to learn from Elin what her reasons were. Which meant she needed too approach Elin right then and ask her what this was about.
"So, was this the reason you left the camp so early?" she asked when she reached her. She wasn't sure what was going on, but she hoped that it would be something that was eaily explainable and wouldn't take long.
Elin down and as Kim followed her eye, she could see a crystal, as big as Kim's thumbnail, that was heavily damaged, with cracks running through it. Elin looked at a loss for how to respond but was saved by the smaller bird. Kim assumed it could take human form if it wanted, but didn't for whatever reason.
"She helped us," she said almost defensively. "She helped get mother and father out of that."
"Elin," Kim said, doing her best to ignore the bird. She wasn't ure what exactly Elin had had to do to 'help,' but he wanted to hear it from Elin as well. "Whatever you say, I'll do my best to understand. I won't get upset with you."
While part of that was wishful thinking on her part, she hoped that it would urn out to be true. That she'd be able to keep her emotions in check rather than taking any hurt ones out on Elin directly or indirectly.
Elin didn't look at Kim, but Kim could hear her take a deep breath before responding to her question. "I came to clear out this crystal and see if it would help us rescue Elmo, but when Jonas followed the orc we released, he came out almost as soon as he went in with Elmo. So, I finished clearing out the crystal and decided to try and destroy it, but I'm not quite done yet."