A/N: At this point, I know I'm missing something, but I don't know what.
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Tap... tap... tap...
"Will?"
Tap.
"Hm?"
Tap.
"You're doing it again."
Will gave up trying to concentrate and dropped his pencil on the table. He leaned back in his chair, pulling off his glasses to rub his eyes. He drew his hand down his face with a sigh, then gave Kaiko a weary smile.
"Sorry, Kaiko. I just can't focus today."
Kaiko put her tablet beside the Chronicle. "Me, neither."
They lapsed into silence.
Across the room, Ant sprawled on the floor. He moodily poked at Jeffrey's fishbowl, while Jeffrey was ignoring him. Jeffrey seemed intent on watching Fontaine, who sat nearby, staring at the wall. Fontaine's guitar sat, forgotten, on the floor.
The study had never been so quiet.
"Kaiko," Will murmured. "Is Fontaine doing okay?"
Kaiko glanced at the teen, who was too zoned out to realize she was being discussed. "I don't know. She says she is, but I don't think so."
"I haven't heard Rune," Will commented. At Kaiko's raised eyebrow, he explained, "The spirit."
Kaiko shook her head. "You've named it now, too?"
Will shrugged. "He liked the Chronicle."
"How do you know?"
"I used to hear him when I was translating."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Will... do you think Nereus was mistaken? About the ghost?"
"When it comes to myths, anything is possible, I suppose." Will stared at the grate. "Perhaps we were mistaken, as well. Rune did nothing but help us."
"Yes. I feel as though we've run off a friend."
"Funny, I was going to say the same thing."
"What should we do?"
"Keep watching Fontaine." Will turned his gaze back to his daughter. "I do believe he and Fontaine are connected."
"I wonder why? And how?"
Will sighed. "If only we knew."
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A/N: Psst... ask Nereus.
Bear with me for the next chapter, please. I've got four different perspectives going, an idea that's very hard to Reject, and a new minor character I'm getting attached to, despite the unlikeliness of her ever appearing again. I'll have it out by Sunday, at least, because I really need to move onto the actual plot of this story!
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