Averting Disaster

[Nox]

Nox wasn't good at dealing with others emotions, but he didn't feel overwhelmed or even like he cared. He knew he cared, but the numbness was all consuming. He gave Marta a smile and knew that he'd never full her so he didn't try. "You don't have to apologize. There is nothing wrong with crying, girl or not."

Nox shook his head. "But there is nothing for you to fix. All we can do is deal with the hand we've been dealt. And apparently the fates decided that the power and the horde should be gone. I'll deal. I'll survive. It's what I do." He was nothing without the power. And that fact alone should send him reeling into depression and oblivion yet the numbness he felt about everything just overrode the normal reaction. That was good -- and bad.

Ashton sent a text back and Nox knew that meant he was breaking the promise, but the girls knew what they were getting into Ashton like everyone else needed to understand his gift. And with confirmation that the recordings worked. Nox was going to ask him to break that promise anyway. But he'd do it later when he wasn't hip deep in kid's emotions. He should call Hayden. And then there was that outstanding text to Oriena. What was he going to do about that? He closed his eyes and let the world flow around him.