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“To the well!” Ayame shouted, and she led the foxes across the wilderness toward the ruined spot.
My group lingered as I searched their uncertain faces. “We have to go help them,” I pleaded.
Sage closed his eyes and shook his head. “We must not interfere in-”
“This isn’t the past anymore!” I argued as I pushed my way out of Caius’ grasp and stood on the ground. “This is our present, and right now it’s being threatened by a demon that’s going to swallow every, including us, unless we do something about it!”
“She’s got a point,” Caius chimed in.
Sage frowned at him. “We should return to the gardens and try to see if Jane might send us back via the flower.”
“I’ll do that, but after I help these foxes,” I insisted.
“And if we die here?” Caius wondered.
I looked up at Caius and
