Bailey never noticed the slightly crazed look that had begun to show in Ailetta's eyes.
Her attention had already returned to Noah, too caught up in everything she had finally begun saying to notice the reaction her words had caused.
Whatever had happened when Noah changed Ailetta, the friend Bailey remembered hadn't come back from it.
And after finally saying that aloud, Bailey felt no reason to hold back anything else.
For a moment, her voice was the only one that could be heard between the two groups.
What had started as an answer to Noah's question had quickly become something far more personal, leaving many people around her listening to accusations they knew almost nothing about.
Even Thalric only knew pieces of what had happened before their group arrived in this world.
He knew they had lost people. He knew their experiences with Noah were complicated enough that some of them credited him with saving their lives while others could barely speak about him without anger.
