Rat Race

He watched as Cloud seemed to come back to his senses and then drop the lifeless body of the capybara. Elias wished he could sit inside the boy's mind, see the inner workings of it and help him figure out what he was experiencing exactly. He recognized the terror on the young man's face and in his voice as he demanded answers. Elias anchored his weight down on his haunches and sat quietly in the mud, observing him for a moment before he warranted an answer.

"I can tell you. First, I want to ask you something. Do you know who you are?" Or, where he came from- that is what Elias really wanted to know. Had Storm told him? His curious mind couldn't wait before asking more questions, "And.. you do.. hear them, right? That's why you did this, that's why you made this mess. They told you to do it.. am I safe to assume this?"