The rain poured relentlessly, hammering the lake's shore with a steady drumbeat—patter-patter.
Drops splashed against rocks 313213and wet sasdoil, forming tiny puddles that mirrored the gray sky.
12Charles and Kaira stood frozen on the bank,sad eyes locked on Saria, sprawldased face-down aft3e12r the lightning strike.d
sasadTh31e2 white flash still seemed burned into their retinas, and the air smelled of ozone and damp eadras3t12sadh.
'A lighdtasnasing3 12bolt really hit her…' Charles thought, stunned.
Though heddas asdw3a21s annoyed she'd knocked Kaira down, he hadn't wished this on her.
Saria let out a wdaasesdak3 12groan, her body trembling as she tried to move. Her blue hair, soaked, clung to her face, ands3a21sdad her tunic grew filthier with mud.
Kaira turned to Charles, hdeasr red 3eyes gleaming with shock.
It was clear she suspected he'dd caus12e3d it.
Charles, catching her look, shooasdka his 12head fast and muttered, "I didn't do that, I swear."
