Bellamy: "Dad, what's going on? Where is Mommy?" Ariel smiled hysterically as she broke the hug to ask her crying father. He was crying loudly, shaking his head and grunting, unable to form a coherent sentence. "Dad," she placed her hands on his shoulders to ask again, and I felt my breath quickening. "Beta Brian, what happened? Why are you crying?" Although I was terrified to ask him that question, I couldn't stop myself. I knew that ignorance could be bliss, but sometimes knowing the truth is more important because I couldn't live with uncertainty forever. Beta Brian turned to me, and tears welled up in his eyes even more. "Oh, you poor little things," he mumbled, dropping back and sitting on the ground with his knees raised to his chest. I knew it was extremely bad. "I don't get

