Chapter 134: Obstacles, Part Nine

{Erin} 

Erin's relationship with Neve had been... turbulent, at times. Partly because of Neve and partly because of Erin as well. 

Now that Neve was making literally no effort to even acknowledge her presence, though, she realized that things actually could have been worse. 

She hadn't seriously thought about it, but now, as she was slithering behind Neve while the healer kept her eyes on the point in the city she wanted to head to, she wondered about what her fate would have been if she had been given a host that treated her like nothing more than a summon. 

Actually, now that she thought about it, it didn't take much contemplation to understand how things could have been a *lot* worse. 

"Neve?" Erin called out.

"Yeah?" Neve asked, without looking at her. 

"... You wanna talk about what you saw in that girl's memories?" 

"I saw what I needed to see," Neve replied quickly. "That's all." 

[Is that so?]