The roaring of the monsters echoed across the desert, carried by the wind. But Ellio and the others, being a little too far from the source, and with Ellio’s laughter drowning out all else, failed to notice the warning signs. Alvi and Ellio continued their conversation―if that's how you call it because I am the only one talking here. "I'm just teasing you, Alvi! No need to be that serious!" Minutes had passed yet Ellio was still laughing. Minutes passed, yet he couldn’t stop. Sniffling and wiping tears from his eyes, his cheeks were flushed from laughing so hard. It had been so long since he’d laughed like this. What makes it funnier is the fact that Alvi did not even make a joke yet here he was, losing breath, and almost falling to the floor. Alvi didn’t fully understand why it was

