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

her eyes and coughed slightly, trying

for something important? Look at you making fun of me, I'm

Savahn laughed, "about as innocent as a

graciously took her victory and remembered that she had indeed come for something

news... Hutch has died

with the man personally. Even so, it was impossible for her not to feel anything simply for the fact that Leonel had

Leonel had known that this was a distinct possibility. No parent wanted to end their child's life, and there was definitely no grandparent who wanted their grandchild's life. However, Hutch had been unlucky in two ways, he had not only outlived his children,

was 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 him that Leonel had warned him, it didn't matter to him that there was

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

this was his choice or not, Aina knew that Leonel

we do?" Savahn

a deep breath and exhaled. "Nothing. Now

with

and smiled bitterly. She couldn't repeat what Leonel had said before he left. Her thoughts flashed

what he had said. That man was really too much. This was an existential crisis, but he could only see his beef with

stop the unnecessary deaths, he would, but he wasn't some sort of God. There was a limit to what he could predict and

tying down the four Great Families.

and deal with everything, he would have. As such, there was a certain delicate approach that was

on standby," Savahn nodded. She turned to leave but hesitated for a