wait what does that even mean. Almon signed back.
Astra followed the signed conversations but didnt say anything

shadow=kitsune magic? What even is that? Nicote signed confused. For once.

She blinks in surprise. ,, You recognized the symbol but you didnt know what it meant? ,,

Riley gives Shade a hug. "I'm going to see what chippers means." He says with a smile, getting up after releasing Shade from the hug.

Not everyone comes from a place where they see that kind of symbol. Nicote signed.

The mornings third short siren blast signaled everyone to their jobs. The crowd gradually split into a number of groups. Vicky followed Jack to the other side of the huge space toward a cavernous fissure in the rock guarded by a blacksuit and his shotgun. The short tunnel ahead led them to a room filled to bursting with mining equipment--picks, shovels, wheelbarrows, and dozens of hard hats that clung to the walls like yellow fungus. Around the outside of the room were three more cracks: gaping black mouths in the rock. Two were open but a third, in the center, was sealed off with enormous wooden planks bolted into the rock.

Zaire just sits there. He literally just got here so he doesnt know what the sirens mean. Neither does Rhia, but she just follows the others.

Elzay stretched and went on with the others.

Astra raised an eyebrow. "Well that was weird. Also what does the noise mean." She asked Nicote

Almon shrugged trying to process what had happened and followed Jack. "What's happening now?"

"Hard labor," Jack replied. "You work in the mornings."