Aria nodded agreeing with Lilith
Lilith's hand clamped over her mouth, feel nausea ripple in her gut. "Forty thousand deaths? No, no, that can't be right. Everything was fine before we left!" She rasped, leaning over to read it also. "US confirmed cases being about 673,000 and the death toll in US tops 40,000." She shook her head. "How? We-- Three months and this?" She murmured. What do we do now?“I don’t have to...” Cam says. “I can just click on ‘Covid-19 News.’ And if you want to know, it’s Saturday, April 18th.”
Cam clicked on “Covid-19 News.’ “‘Death Toll in US tops 40,000, governors face pressure to reopen,’” she read. “Whoah, that’s dark. Wait, after all our hard work is the world really ending? Was this brought here by Olim to weaken us before he invaded that became some kind of last laugh before he died?” It seemed plausible.
Kylan's breath caught, stepping forward. What about Mom and Dad? And everyone else? "How many cases are in Kentucky and Main?" He asked, needing to know something more, at least.
"Uhhh, there's a map... 3,000 in Kentucky and 800 in Main." His childhood friend answered, looking and sounding stressed. Oh God.
"How, how would we find out if our families have it?" He asked, glancing between them.
"I dunno." Lili muttered uselessly.