[ Another pang, this one of sympathy. She hasn't spoken to anyone else about her own losses. She hasn't tried to get anyone else to speak about theirs. But that's the one thing they all share, the one reason they all have to do what they're doing.

Softly: ] Kel.

[ She looks past Yona to the dead end of the maze and turns back the way she came, gesturing for the shorter girl to follow. ]

You sound like you've been at this for a while.

[ When they come to a crossroad, Kel inspects the ground carefully, seeing one of the pathways marked with one stone, another with two. She fishes into her pocket and drops two more stones at the mouth of their dead-end alley. ]

I tried marking the ground but it grew over by the time I doubled back. Stones seem to work a little better.