Chapter 114: Steamy
Irwin watched for a few moments how Numilli's eyes turned watery. Then he turned to Greldo, deciding he was just going to ignore her for now. Still, something about her reaction made his anger die down a little. Probably the fact that she was completely crazy.
"So, what do we do now?" Greldo asked, simply ignoring Numilli.
Irwin turned to his friend and shrugged. "Not sure. I had thought that whatever mission we had here would last longer, but-"
"We aren't done yet!" Numilli said as she glared at them. Her teary eyes were gone, replaced by pouty anger. "I need one of those unfinished heartcards!"
"Are you crazy enough to think we are going inside another of those corpses?" Greldo asked, turning on her with flashing eyes.
Numilli's eyes widened, and to Irwin's surprise, her tears reappeared.
"But you took the mission," Numilli whined, turning to Scintilla, who was looking at her quietly.
"Cousin? You said you'd help?" Numilli asked, her eyes wide and her bottom lip shivering.
If she is a hundred years or older, her mind must have regressed to that of a six-year-old, Irwin thought.
Scintilla sighed before turning to Irwin. "Technically, the mission shouldn't have been this difficult. We were unlucky that it was such a massive Earth Titan. Also, if someone," she glanced at Numilli, "hadn't drawn those Fleshgorgers to us, I might have been able to hold back the worms."
"I said I'm sorry," Numilli whispered.
Irwin frowned, thinking back to the Earth Titan.