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Raven let Laurel pull her hand away. "... N-No..." he tried to explain quietly. "It was... well, it was our love for each other that forced us apart. Aaron wanted to stay on the farm, and I wanted to see the world. We loved each other so much, we had to let go; so both of us could be happy. I still love and care for him, but it is different than before. Yet it is still selfless."

Laurel continued to scowl, "Both my parents left me because they wanted to be somewhere else." she argued sharply, "Are you saying they left out of love? That they still love me?! That it's selfless?!" and suddenly she looked on the verge of tears, "That it was out of love for me that they left?!" she started to chuckle darkly, "No, they left because they are selfish boulders. They couldn't care dirt about me. Am I supposed to just let go?" She was still laughing but the tears looked like they might spill over.

Raven was taken completely off guard again. "O-Of course not," he stammered. "That's completely different. Leaving was selfish of them."

"Then what's the difference?" Laurel demanded, scrubbing her eyes with the back of her hand to stop the tears from falling.

"Well," Raven stated bluntly, "We didn't have any kids that would be effected by our decisions. It was just us."

Laurel slowly removed her hand from her eyes and stared at Raven, "... So... you both just decided one day not to love each other anymore? You decided just to... not be together anymore?" she asked just as bluntly but with no malous. She was simply confused

"No," Raven replied, rubbing his head a little. "We... We decided the best way to love each other was to let each other go. It wasn't easy. We spent a long time thinking and talking about it."

Laurel paused before nodding slowly. "Thanks." she murmured, still deep in thought, "I think... it's a little clearer now."

Raven didn't say anything more, hoping something he had said made sense to her.

Laurel stood silently before looking down at Raven and showing him a tiny but genuine smile. "Rest up, my f.b.f." she said quietly as she patted his cheek.

Raven nodded a little before slowly closing his eyes.

Laurel had just left the infirmary when the warning for incoming hovercraft sounded. Laurel paled slightly as she took off down the hall towards Nic's room.

Lucy blinked at the noise, "That's strange." she told Missy as she looked towards the sky.

Nic was in his room on his laptop, looking at the security feed to see who was arriving.

"Hmm?" Missy asked, not looking too concerned.

Laurel threw the door open and then blinked at Nic. After a moment she sighed and went over to him, sitting down beside him and leaning over to see the screen as well.

"I haven't heard the warning go off in a long time." Lucy explained.

After another minute or so, a Juttle crash-landed a bit too close to the main building and partially caught on fire. Laurel half fell over onto Nic in shock as the vibrations of the landing rustled the room. "... That's one of Wolfe's..." she whispered, eyes wide. It was similar to the one that had flown her to her father.

Missy swayed a little to keep her balance. "Whoa," she said, taking a moment to get her balance before pulling out a tablet and pushing a few buttons.

"... Hmm...." Nic mused, keeping the feed up as he opened a couple other windows. Using James' security system and a few nearby satellites, he checked to see if they had been followed.

A little box appeared on its own in the corner of Nic's screen. "What the terra is going on?" Missy asked Nic.

"Just a moment..." Nic replied to her.

"A rolling boulder gathers moss faster than you can hack," Missy told him.

"Mhmm..." Nic muttered, like he was used to hearing stuff like that.

Laurel glanced between Nic and Missy for a moment before frowning and quickly getting up and running for the still open door.

The Juttle didn't appear to have been followed.