With nothing better to do, he decided to try creating crystals. It would be incredibly difficult with no one to help him, but what did he have to lose? He directed pulses into his own hand, trying to concentrate the Ether in one spot as Nari had shown him.
He was well aware of Andriel long before he heard her footsteps. She shuffled around people who were curled up in their bedrolls, making her way to Tommy’s rock. And then she sat down beside him. “You would have made a good Guardian.”
He severed contact with the Ether.
Opening his eyes, Tommy drew a slow breath through his nose. “I’m surprised to hear you say that,” he admitted. “Kind of thought you hated me.”
“Because of our scuffle last year?” she asked. “Let’s just say that living among the Al a Nari has given me a new perspective
