GUNNER
She heard us.
My wife has been attempting to link me earlier, but I keep ignoring her attempts to do so. When I got home, my dad was adamant about having a chat with me about the council, and I still can't believe I didn't close the door behind me.
"I am to blame for this," my mother said. Following Ale's departure, the three of us made our way into the study. "If I hadn't asked you to go for a run with Yara, I would have—"
I interrupted her right away by shaking my head in a dismissive manner. "I understand that my actions have consequences and I accept responsibility for them. It's not your fault, Mom, and it's not anyone else's either, for that matter. "I wasn't thinking," I said. I couldn't sit still. I would sit down, then stand up and move around, after which I would lean
