[ Gray wasn't close to Dextera, but she did know him. News of another of the old Shards disappearing is noteworthy, but no longer surprising. Eustace disappearing for the short time he did will probably be the biggest shock of that nature she'll ever feel.
She sips at The Soup Formerly Known as D's, which she definitely isn't hungry for anymore. Eustace is the last hope that someone in this house will enjoy this sad meal. Gray rewinds the conversation in her head for any answer to Dokja's question that isn't "vampires." She could be oblique and go with "pie," but she fears that will lead to a pie getting dumped on D somehow. In the end she lays down the gentle truth with a straight face. ]
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She sips at The Soup Formerly Known as D's, which she definitely isn't hungry for anymore. Eustace is the last hope that someone in this house will enjoy this sad meal. Gray rewinds the conversation in her head for any answer to Dokja's question that isn't "vampires." She could be oblique and go with "pie," but she fears that will lead to a pie getting dumped on D somehow. In the end she lays down the gentle truth with a straight face. ]
It's a secret.
[ Please deal with it. ]