Parallel
an excerpt

They heard Mark sigh. It wasn’t necessarily a sigh of melancholy, but they were worried all the same.
“Is something wrong, Mark? What does this mean?” Alyx asked.
“It’s not a bad thing. On the contrary, it’s quite good. I just didn’t expect it to happen so fast. It also means that something else might be happening soon…” he sighed again, and this time it WAS a melancholic sigh.
“Is something bad gonna happen?” Trekker said, concerned.
“No…well, yes, perhaps. Oh, it’s nothing that you should concern yourselves with. Hopefully.”