Atlas shrugged like it was nothing. "Yeah. Exactly the same moment."
Her breath caught.
"…So all my friends—"
"Still here," he confirmed, interrupting her before she could even finish.
Her eyes widened, a spark of joy flashing through them.
"They didn't leave?" she whispered. "They didn't move on? I… I don't have to search for them through this entire damned world?"
Atlas nodded lazily. "Nope. To them, it's like you vanished for half a second. A blink. That's it."
She could've hugged him if she wasn't still emotionally recovering from being kicked through a window thirty-seven times.
A weak laugh escaped her lips instead. She looked away, blinking fast. "I was really starting to think I'd never find them again…"
"You're welcome," he said again, even smugger than before.
She shot him a look. "Don't ruin the moment."
