Amina looks down the hallway that Hadia, Lal and Akilah went down, feeling a knot of unease roil inside her. There was nothing here that was obviously out of place...even so, she felt something was wrong. Like a wooden puzzle where one of the tiles wasn't quite the right shape.
She lifted her voice a little and spoke to the eldest of the boys.
"After all the misfortune here, why did you stay? A monster in the pool, raiders attacking...all good reasons to leave it behind and seek help for your injured. Perhaps get help and return in force. Yet you stayed, even as the water dwindled."
"Why?"
She lifted her voice a little and spoke to the eldest of the boys.
"After all the misfortune here, why did you stay? A monster in the pool, raiders attacking...all good reasons to leave it behind and seek help for your injured. Perhaps get help and return in force. Yet you stayed, even as the water dwindled."
"Why?"