Sunny stared into the darkness with an incredulous expression, then shrugged:
"Sure. Whatever. Nice to make your acquaintance… Your Highness. I am called Sunless, by the way. Sadly, no title."
Silently, though, he thought:
'...The young prince that the Dreamspawn had taken away?'
Oblivious to his suspicions, Mordret hesitated, then asked politely:
"Sunless? What an unusual name."
Sunny grimaced.
"Yes. My mother had a… on second thought, forget that! Are you going to tell me about the divine flame or not?"
The Prince of Nothing was silent for a bit, then said:
"There is not much to tell. The heat of those flames is absolutely deadly. Unless you have some way to fly, you are in big trouble. Which, I assume, you don't… otherwise, you wouldn't be in this predicament, to begin with. Right?"
'Well… you can't argue with sound logic, I guess!'
Sunny sighed.
"...I can control the direction of the fall, but yes, no true flight."
He hesitated, then added reluctantly:
"For what it is worth, my Aspect Ability allows me to turn incorporeal, as well as teleport for short distances."
He didn't really want to share the details of his powers with the mysterious prince, but currently, there was no other choice. Mordret obviously knew more about the Sky Below than Sunny, so his advice was vital.
prince thought for a
heat, but it won't save you from the divine flame itself. However, not everything is lost. Even though you can't fly, you do have some mobility. With some luck, you might be able to
into the darkness with
Tell me something that
The void chuckled.
only because you
Then, it disappeared.
Sunny's face twitched.
"Goddammit! He's gone again!"
voice suddenly resounded
still time.
quiet for a
empty rift in the tapestry of stars where none of it remains. If you
to suppress the misplaced anger and calm himself
didn't you tell me sooner? How far
Mordret sighed.
would I know? It's not like I know where you are, exactly. More than that, I had never managed to find the
abyss, too. Why? What's out there, beyond
his head,
how do
silent for some time. After a while,
Tear… it should be somewhere near the
felt that he was alone in the darkness again.
while, staring into the endless nothingness of
"Near the Tear…"
divine flames had anything
had already
eyes again, returning to the endless routine of circulating the shadow
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