Penolope smiled, wiping her tears. "Yes. A long time ago, she was my student. But we ended developing a relationship far more greater than teacher and disciple. We became friends."
Her voice softened. "I'm sorry about what happened to your mother, Jayden. I'm sorry about your sister. I'm sorry i couldn't save them."
Jayden exhaled. He'd been getting a lot of this lately and it made him wonder just how popular his mother was. He took everything Penelope said to heart, but only one managed to register in his brain.
"Do you know where she is? My sister." he asked.
Penolope shook her head slowly. "I'm sorry, Jayden. I've tried searching for her, but... it's like she's not on any of the five resident planets."
Jayden sighed. He didn't expect anything less. This had been the same response he'd been hearing so far. It started to drive him to a single, grim conclusion.
But he shook his head and discarded the thought. He didn't want to let himself believe it. He couldn't.
