Jim stared at Jon, waiting for his answer. He had told him what Lei had said about them being humans and that Jon was human. His question to Jon was how was he capable of the things he did as a human. Jon had looked away not even acknowledging that he heard him.
He had followed Jon as he walked a distance away from the group, knowing he wanted to be by himself. But Jim could not help it. He just needed to be close to him after he had that scary moment of thinking he might be dead or badly hurt.
Walking behind him, Jim grew silent, the only sounds were from the playful river and the dirt crunching beneath their shoes.
Jim stared at his half’s hair as it blew in the wind, exposing the one streak of almost bleached strands. They all had noticed it but none had pressed him about it. They f
