Dimensional Descent

"No relationship can work one-sidedly. You can follow your heart, but not to your detriment or to the detriment of the person willing to give you theirs," Leonel said with a solemn tone, his words hanging in the air.

Eamon fell into silence and nodded slowly.

The two just sat there in silence, and at some point tears began to flow from Eamon's eyes, but Leonel didn't leave.

The two sat there for a long while until Eamon's tears dried.

He wiped his cheeks and took a shuddering breath.

"... I know that I shouldn't like Cindra, or at least that's what she's told me. She said that she was forced to do a great many things to survive and get to where she is today, she's also much older than me, much wiser as well. In some ways she even raised me even though she was never my mother in a real sense.

"I knew that it was uncomfortable for her to see someone she had known as a little boy suddenly begin to pursue her like I did, and it was selfish on my part, I know that.

"... I will apologize to her and close this chapter. Maybe in another life."

Leonel smiled and patted Eamon's shoulder.

"Come with me, we're going somewhere cool."

Eamon blinked in surprise, not quite understanding what cool thing they were going to see. But when he finally laid eyes on it, he was truly speechless this time. It could be said that Leonel was one of a kind in the worst and best of senses.

To think his idea of somewhere cool was strolling into Godlen territory.

...

above Godlen City, both standing on a platform formed

business, but they couldn't seem to spot them at all.

"Do you see what the problem

I was living in a city that was perpetually caged in, I wouldn't be so

Eamon made Leonel look toward him with a flickering light in his

to lack confidence or the ability to introspect at all. In fact, he looked thoughtful, a hint

had just found a problem to focus

does he have a problem to focus on now, but he's also had a

words needed to be exchanged to begin with. In fact, even if they spoke in

away with caging their citizens in like this for what was approaching two years

only way their citizens could be so calm after so long was if they didn't realize that they were caged in the first place. Meaning, the reason they couldn't see Leonel and Eamon was because the skies perpetually

both a defensive and

is very impressive," Eamon said, seemingly

that Leonel was already staring at him, Eamon blushed in embarrassment, wondering if he had

came here, this formation

the formation as well in the past, but it still wasn't this good back then. Something changed in the

they really gain the ability to improve this formation by this much in such a

it doesn't really matter much," Leonel said

wave of his hand, a spear manifested from Emulation

And he suddenly

CRACK.

CHIII.

a sight akin to sparkling wine and fragmented glass. The shards of formation fell from the skies, raining down and startling the citizens below. They all looked