BETWEEN FOUR JUNCTIONS

Matthew rounded the corner, now able to see Nathan, the temple and the lack of sentient vines. Sometimes he thought that Nathan hallucinated, was able to see things that Matthew couldn’t, but he always said they were real. Walking towards the temple, Matthew saw Nathan spin around and run towards him, looking excited, ecstatic even. What was there to be excited about in an old temple? Matthew would never understand, but it made Nathan happy and, to Matthew, that was the reason to come here and suffer through the waiting.

He stumbled as Nathan practically tackled him. Matthew had to drop his bag to catch him and stop both of them from tumbling onto the ground.

You ready to go yet, Nate?

Yeah, you wanna go to that new Gyro place? Apparently it’s really good.

OK, but you’re paying this time.

I would if they still accepted drachmas.

Huh?

What?