Izi made a rousing speech, of which I caught the final twenty minutes or so after getting back from Franzenhighmer’s lab with the knowledge that I had to choose between my new home and where I had come from, the place that raised me and developed me during a pivotal period of my life.
I couldn’t make out a lot of what Izi was saying in her speech since I was fighting the inner conflict of what to do. My existential crisis had doubled down, digging its sharp claws into my brain, and not allowing me any escape. I couldn’t turn to Xanthia since she was someone that would keep me there in Pangreana. Her feelings and love would cause a grounding for me that I wouldn’t feel in the other world. Normals could never offer a love like a lioness could.
I wished that I could take her with me to the
