Elayne frowns a little; she hadn't exactly been expecting a hug and kiss from Mar--nor did she know if she really wanted one--but his reaction to seeing her and Trey surprises her. "Yeah, I've made some progress. The inside's looking good now." She glances at Trey again, then says to Mar, "Were you just out on a walk or...?" She doesn't want to finish the sentence at the risk of sounding needy.
Blanching, Tora hurriedly flips off the holoscreen and shakes her head. "Nothing. No one," she tells Myitt in a snappish tone not at all common for her. I cannot talk with him. I cannot let him know that I am here, that I am alive, she thinks feverishly.
Her hand drifts towards her communication link, thinking about warning Corliss not to speak with him, but she knows that Corliss would then have endless questions. As much as she likes Corliss, she has never revealed much of her pre-Rebellion past to him. In truth, Reven is the only one who knows many of the details--although she has told friends like Myitt a bit.
Her past and her life with the Andalites is something on which she seldom wants to dwell. Seeing Serid is utterly shocking. She has assumed all of this time that he has been dead. This abrupt evidence of his existence dredges up painful memories and frightening implications for the future that make Tora's stomach roil.
Illim continues weaving around ships until the glow of the Bar's windows is in sight. <<Think it's a house?>> he asks Serid as his black leather boots crunch the gravel.
<<Perhaps,>> Serid responds tersely. <<It seems more likely that it is an inn of sorts, considering the multitude of spacecraft here. I am puzzled by something, though.>>
<<Yeah?>> Illim asks, stopping as he reaches the Bar's door.
Serid answers, <<This kind of assortment of ships is unheard of. Andalite and Yeerk. Ships unlike anything I have ever seen. How is this planetoid not been reduced to a crater?>>
Illim slides his jaw to the side, pursing his lips as he considers this. "Let's find out," he answers aloud, pushing open the door and stepping inside.