The meeting with Duruhos didn’t last much longer after Sanguis and Sera had been assigned to each other. The hybrids went their separate ways, except for Cindy, who stayed behind. Sanguis noticed that a lot of them gave Sera dark looks on their way out, but she didn’t seem to notice. Maybe she was used to it. “Keep up please, Sanguis,” she called to him now, albeit quietly. He came out of his thoughts and saw her standing several meters in front of him. Quickly, he scampered forward on his new pair of legs to rejoin her. “Sssss…” he replied. Only silence was her answer. Was that contentment?