Sebaris stopped sniffling. She looked into his round face and innocent blue eyes. “Y-you think so?”
“Why not?” Those eyes were alight with excitement. “We’ll have the power. We could do so many things. We could change Allentria!”
“How?” Sebaris had never thought about life outside the ice bubble, or about a future where she was in control of the Galantasa—in control of anything, for that matter. She’d never lived her own life. Everything was dictated by her rank, her duty, and her father.
Max shrugged. “Dunno. But I’m smart and you’re strong. We’ll find a way.”
“I’m not—”
“Yeah, you are! I saw you make a whole tidal wave, Seba. It was amazing.”
Her next words died in her throat. No one had ever given her a nickname before. She mulled it over in her head and decided she liked it.
Seb
