“Another one!” a woman with curly hair called.
Distracted by the sudden presence of both Kellan and Tiago, he was brought back to reality. Placing his beer on the table before him, Victor made his way through the crowd completely forgetting his keen crew. His stare locked on to Kellan, who’d been making conversation to some guy sipping from his pint.
“Thank you for your help,” his voice smoothed. Turning around to leave, Kellan was stopped in his tracks.
“Kellan,” Victor smiled. “What are you doing here?”
“Looking for you,” he mused. “We need to talk.” His hands signed.
Victor, not understanding the signs, just nodded and lead the way. As if Tiago heard the full conversation, he caught up with a smirk, brushing his shoulder against his father’s “Told you he’d be here.”
“What’s that supposed to mean?” Victor walked backwards, eyes dancing between father and son.
“Nothing,” Tiago laughed. “It’s just usually people who don’t feel they fit in, hang out in places like that,”
“He’s got a point” Kellan confirmed.
Victor ceased walking with an annoyed look on his face. “Is that what you wanted to talk about?” His brows knitted together.
Sensing his fading patience, Kellan sighed. “People on earth are beginning to show signs of abnormality. Abnormality that mirrors the people here. Etain calls it a curse. On earth, we call it an epidemic.”
“We’ve narrowed it down to a single gene,” Tiago continued. “It differs between people. For example, a sibling can show signs of change while the other may not.” Kellan crossed his arms,” That’s why I’ve been trying to convince a certain group of people to at least test Ashley and Malina.”
“Well that’s stupid,” Victor murmured.
“So, you agree?” Tiago rolled his eyes at the two.
“Malina has been exposed. Ashley hasn’t. We can’t just risk a random group of people, who haven’t been contaminated.”
“We’re not completely sure Malina has the gene.” Kellan protested.
“Doesn’t matter. She’s been contaminated. And sooner or later the two will come to their senses, and volunteer themselves.”