"This is all you're bringing with you?" Alark asked with disbelief clouding his tone as he stared down at the duffel bag Claire had placed on the ground.
She looked at the medium-sized bag in confusion and nodded to him. "Well, yeah. Octavius told me I would need to wear new clothes, anyway so I don't need to pack any of mine except a couple in case of an emergency."
"Let me rephrase my question. This is your whole life in a bag?" He pointed at the offending object like it was something alien and unbelievable and she nodded. "What about the trinkets, souvenirs, family heirlooms and all that other rubbish people stubbornly hold on to?"
"It's not my whole life, just the most important things I can't let go of," she said as she picked it from the floor and walked out of her and Nathan's sh
