Raven is startled awake by the sensation of falling, only to realize that she was still on the couch in Royce's living room. Her journal is spread on the ground with her newest hypothesis scribbled into it and her pen has rolled to the carpeted floor beside her feet. She had dozed off while she was trying to rewrite the basis for her project before doing any experiments again. A glance at the ticking wall clock shows her that she has been here for hours already. She sniffs, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. Where is Royce? Is he not back yet? She wonders, standing from the couch and stretching her limbs as she does. "Royce?" She pads through the house calling out his name, but only receives silence in return. His room is the first place she checks, and as she

