Unspoken Truths

A brief silence followed, settling over the table like an unspoken agreement.

Then Elise spoke again, her voice gentler, almost reflective.

“If people learned how to express what they truly feel… wouldn’t everything be easier?”

Her smile didn’t fade as her gaze shifted—brief but unmistakable—between Lyra and Kaelen, before finally settling on Roth.

“Do you agree, Bastian?” she asked lightly.