Have you ever had so much happen is such a short amount of time that you just don't have time to process it all or think about what should come next? Well, I just experienced that for the first time. I had just met Seth and here he was dead. Dead. Not coming back ever dead. And Azera. And I guess there were two other recent deaths before I joined the group. That's a lot of death for such a small group.

Was it all because we are going to find Harmony? Was this God's way of telling us to back off, that we weren't supposed to find a harmony, that half breeds such as us were damned to walk this earth to always be tormented? And if that was so, how could God really be considered a God? I shook my head as I followed the others, my eyes watching the rocks at my feet.

Ariel placed her hand on my shoulder. I noticed Asuka was at Ariel's other arm, and that Zero wasn't far away either. I forced a smile, but it wasn't genuine. I didn't know what to think or what to feel. I was just numb. In shock.

Suddenly, Xavier stopped in front of us, got on his hands and knees, and was going off about how this whole mess was his fault. I just shook my head. Maybe. But, I figured we are all going to die at some point. Some sooner than others, and he just sped up the process.

What was I thinking? Of course it wasn't his fault. "It's not your fault. You didn't know this was going to happen," I found myself saying out loud. When everyone looked at me, I asked, "Can we just go?" And I took off down the road.

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