Dimensional Descent

Aina sat in silent meditation, her aura in perfect balance. She took deep breaths, controlling her inhale and exhale in cycles that lasted sometimes up to several minutes.

Suddenly, she opened her eyes just as there was a light knock to her and Leonel's room.

"Yes, you can enter."

Savahn came in with a worried expression on her face, one that actually caused Aina to laugh slightly.

"What is it?"

Savahn was speechless. "Why are you laughing, this is serious."

"I don't know, this is just the first time in a while I've seen anything but a smile on your face, I found it interesting."

Savahn blushed, seemingly understanding what Aina was getting at. But then she remembered that she wasn't entirely without ammo in this conversation.

"You're one to talk, I can still smell it in the air."

Aina suddenly panicked. "Smell? What smell?!"

Aina's head snapped around before she froze. This time, it was her turn to blush. There was no smell, clearly Savahn was just making fun of her and had won this round.

making fun of her. After the Metamorphosis, she had thought that maybe all their previous interactions had all been an act, but by now, she knew that it wasn't that the

and coughed slightly, trying to

for something important? Look at you making fun of

laughed, "about as

was too flustered to respond, Savahn graciously took her victory and remembered that she

and according to the news... Hutch has died already by... the hands of

quite important to Leonel although she had never interacted much with the man personally. Even so, it

parent wanted to end their child's life, and there was definitely no grandparent who wanted their grandchild's life. However,

simply impossible for him to survive both, so even without being there, Leonel knew that Hutch would choose to die rather than make such a voice. It didn't matter to

passed him by. Despite his talent, he never really felt the

whether this was his choice or not, Aina

we

breath and exhaled. "Nothing. Now isn't the time

flickered. "Even with the capital being

had said before

really too much. This

Leonel. More likely than not, it was something that he was too lazy to explain. If he could stop the unnecessary deaths, he would, but he

likely the same thing tying down the four Great Families. It

deal with everything, he would

that case, we'll be on standby," Savahn nodded. She turned to leave but