Copper scampers through the ruins and out the other side. Inric follows, taking careful steps through the rubble.
"Just a through route, then?" He looks back at the crumbling house. "No people here. No books. Where did they all go?"
"Mrrp!" Copper looks impatient.
"All right, I'm coming." Inric starts walking again, his mind still turning the mystery over and over.