Chapter 8

As I expected, Eris is once again berating me for the course of action that I decided to take. "I told you we should never have left that house. I told you that it was just not yet the time to leave, but of course, you have always been the imprudent warrior that you are. You liked to think that this was the smartest choice, even if you knew all along that it wasn't, and now look at where it got us! Nowhere! We're like a kind of lost soul wandering into nonexistence." She made a point of saying it sarcastically to me.

She had really not been able to keep her mouth shut even for just a few minutes, and now she is here again, starting to overwhelm me with her lectures and taunting me with her accusatory attitude. What does she even want me to do—know in an instant where we are going? How will I be able to do just that when we are in unfamiliar territory?

I said indignantly, "You just can't simply stop pointing that one out, aren't you? Yes, this may not be the best decision to make at