Sunday: December 23, 2007
Who: Zach & Logan
When: Morning into the afternoon.
Where: Northeast Elysium
What: Two friends hanging out.

It had been a while since Zach hung out with Logan, and he hadn't heard from the other boy for some time. Determined to change that, he dropped by Logan's house to see what he was doing. Since neither of them had plans for the day, he asked Logan if he wanted to go out northeast either walking to riding. It was nice outside to Zach despite the cold weather, even if the sky was overcast. The gray wasn't too dark, and he knew no snow or rain was on the way from either direction. Afternoon would be the warmest time to be outside, and he had no idea how cold it would be by the evening when the light vanished completely from the sky.

Instead of taking horses, they ended up walking. Other people were traveling around as well until they got past the outskirts of town and ventured into the sparse woodland between the two lakes. The palace was straight beyond, but it wasn't visible in the distance just yet.

"So," Zach began after a short break of silence, "what else have you been up to lately?" He never did find out if Logan ever visited Theora, a suggestion Zach had once made to him after the death of Kaiya and Faye. Logan had had a crush on Kaiya at the time, had discovered the bodies, and took it very hard. It was understandable, but Zach had wanted his friend to get some help and talk to someone knowledgable about his problems — someone like Theora who could have helped Logan much more than Zach would have been able to. While he had dealt with death before, he had never found the deceased body himself.