"She's REALLY your sister?" Chel didn't look at Lexx. She felt odd questioning him.
"Yes." Lexx looked down at Chel, pleased to be sharing his good news. "She had documentation to prove it. She's hiding here."
"Why? Is she some kind of criminal?" It came out of her mouth before she could stop it.
"No,…" Lexx sighed. "She's being chased by the ADC because she is my sister. It's my fault."
At the mention of the ADC, suspicions erupted in Chel's mind. Lexx might not be concerned about a sister appearing out of nowhere, but Chel was, especially with how the ADC manipulated him. She knew there was more going on than Lexx had told her, but for him to be so casual about something like this? Maybe she was overthinking this and it was true, but something nudged at her that Lexx might just want to believe something like this and might not be as careful as he needed to be.
Chel felt deeply concerned for Lexx and swallowed the lump of anxiety that had formed in her throat. She didn't want to see him hurt. He was more fragile than he appeared.
Epsy bumped her head against Zeta's shoulder, trotting from one side of him to the other. Neither of them were really paying attention to the conversation. Zeta was glancing off to the trees at every little noise and Epsy was bothering him.
"Zeta! Zeta!!" The black and white sallomandyr bounded a few steps ahead, kicking up sand. She wasn't speaking very loudly.
"Why Epsy whisper?" Zeta swung his head toward her and stopped walking. The lower tone had caught his attention more than a raised one, since it was so odd coming from her mouth.
"Shhhh,…" Epsy giggled. She bounced toward the treeline, her tail bobbing after her. "Follow me!"
Zeta cocked his head to one side and blinked curiously. What did she want? He looked after Lexx and Chel who were still walking down the beach, getting further and further away. They would probably just keep on talking whereas,… Epsy might at least be going somewhere interesting.
