“Rin, are you okay?”
“Oh, hello, Maya. I didn’t know you were here. Yes, I’m fine. I’m just visiting an old friend.”
“Alicia?”
Rin confirmed with a silent nod.
“We met in Mar many years ago. I was a cynical and lonely young man. I heard that Mar was the place that dreams came true and once you were here you would never wish to leave. I wanted to test that theory. I was young, brash, and unaware of what wonders the world could hold. After three days in this city I met a woman,” he explained.
“Alicia,” Maya said.
“Yes. She was so different. She challenged me in every way. Anything cynical that I said she would find a way to turn it around into something more. She had a way of making you feel so foolish for even thinking such a way. She made me better. She was the one who sparked my int
