Chapter 34: Truce & CircumstanceFor a change of pace, it was Matt who met me at the portal when we got back the following day. We were getting closer to completing the preparations for our return to Zaen, but still had no solutions from the brains trust on the meaning of the thirteen words written in the Nememian language. With eight days remaining, we were running out of time, and everyone was nervous.
Matt studied me for a moment or two when I stepped from the portal, his brow creased. I thought he was going to remark on my pale cheeks and sweaty brow – the result of another ride through the portal and travel sickness which never let up – but he took a different tack. “What's happening with you and Conal?” he asked. “You're obviously miserable, and Conal looks like his whole world has c
