"So you remember now, Maribel?"
She nodded. "Wait… I'm so confused."
"So where is my Mathena?" Xeon asked.
Seriously? We're back to that again?"
Xeon smirked and ignored her.
"If they crashed the doorway, that means no more than two came through. At least there’s that."
Mathena raised her gaze to meet Xeon’s in the mirror for a moment. "Tim crashed the doorway, which means no one comes through... or goes back. Not until he gets up again, which is time-consuming and difficult to do." She pressed her lips together. "If he’s still alive."
"We know how hard it is to create a doorway, Maribel. We’ve been trying to do that for the last eleven months, to pull you through."
She gawked in surprise, but Xeon went on. "I know you declined to come back with me, Maribel, but you looked uncertai
