Thor had been told everything that needed to be said, everything that could be said. The rest was up to him to understand on his own.
Lin Hai turned to look out the window. The sun was already sinking westward. Rising to his feet, he said to Eric and the other two, who were still sitting together in a state of having their worldview completely overturned, "That's everything concerning Thor. Since you've met him, perhaps it means all this was arranged by fate."
Eric opened his mouth, but Lin Hai gave him no chance to interrupt. "In any case, he's just an ordinary person who knows almost nothing about Earth right now."
"It should be a good choice for you to look after him while he's on Earth. Maybe one day, he'll come to understand something through you."
"All right, it's getting late. The few of us are going to take another walk around town."
Eric, Jane, and Daisy sat there with astonishingly identical expressions on their faces: a stunned look that said, "Huh? You're handing something this huge over to us?"
We're just ordinary researchers! We can handle astronomical observations, but taking care of an exiled God of Thunder? Wasn't that burden a little too heavy?
Lin Hai smiled at their expressions. "You don't need to take it too seriously. Just treat him like an ordinary friend. Besides, we'll be back tomorrow."
At the words "we'll be back tomorrow," the expressions of Eric and the other two visibly relaxed. It was already afternoon anyway. Tomorrow was only one night's sleep away.
Daisy was the first to snap out of it, but once she did, she quickly glanced in Harry's direction.
Eric looked at Lin Hai, then at Thor, and finally said in a tone of "Fine, let's just go