Chapter 309.2
After Pides had delivered his message, Kasser’s mind was thrown into chaos. He tried his best not to let it show, but he couldn’t stop his mind from wandering over dinner. When he finally got home, he excused himself to go to his office so that he could think.
Eventually, he realized that it wasn’t something he could try to figure out on his own. When he finally decided to get up from his desk, he was surprised to find that it had already gotten late.
As he stepped into Eugene’s bedroom, he was welcomed by the sight of her sitting at the table and scribbling away. The surface in front of her was full of random pieces of paper. She was so focused on her work that she didn’t even notice him coming in.
Quietly, Kasser walked up behind her and started to scan through the pages. They weren’t even proper sentences, just some thoughts and words.
Eugene finally realized he was there and turned to look up at him. “I just wanted to write down everything I could remember from my dream.”
“You should’ve sat down at a proper desk to do that,” Kasser scolded her. “Aren’t you uncomfortable?”
“It’s not like I’m doing anything serious,” she explained. “I initially just wanted to gather my thoughts. There were just so many that I decided to write them down. I ended up being so focused that I didn’t even think to move.”
Kasser nodded and put down a piece of paper that he had been studying. He spotted the old jewelry box on the table. “Is that the box from your parents?”
“It is. It’s locked though, so I haven’t opened it yet,” Eugene told him as she started gathering the scraps of paper.