They slowly looked between each other before him again, Caera and Jes with raised eyebrows like he was a crazy person.

"David," Caera said. "You--"

"You can't tell me you don't want to know. You made me eat that heart to keep me alive at all costs, remember? You're desperate to read more of those runes."

"Not so desperate I'll die for it."

He squinted at her. She squinted right back.

"I'm not going to let this go," he said. "I have to find out. I have to know. I have... I just have to." How could he explain? It wasn't the first time he ran into this wall, and...