Zach scanned the scaly faces of the Children when he came to the seventh and final one. His eyes narrowed.
"You…!"
But he wasn't the only one recognizing someone.
The seventh Child of the ones around them was looking at Visla.
"You…!" He exclaimed in anger, looking ready to charge like a mad bull. Visla couldn't not notice that and frowned as she looked at the Child before her eyes widened in realization.
It was the Child that she had killed, the one the Nilma tribe captured and let her execute to bring justice to the ones he had killed. Visla was certain she had pierced his heart. She had felt his pulse fade and seen the light in his eyes go out.
"...I guess that's what they meant by immortal." Zach remembered what his father had said about the Children. He had been a little distracted by other things at the time, so he hadn't thought much about it, but he hadn't missed it.
It wasn't that they didn't die. They just didn't stay dead.
