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.
thought for a few
you from the divine flame itself. However, not everything is lost. Even though you can't fly,
darkness with
Tell me
The void chuckled.
only because you
Then, it disappeared.
Sunny's face twitched.
"Goddammit! He's gone again!"
a second later, Mordret's voice suddenly
no. There is still time. I was
for a few moments, then
flame. An empty rift in the tapestry of stars where none of it remains. If you
his hardest to suppress the misplaced anger and calm himself down. When he spoke, his voice
didn't you tell me sooner? How far am
Mordret sighed.
where you are, exactly. More than that, I had never managed to find the
was exploring this abyss, too. Why? What's
his head,
how do you know
while, when Mordret spoke again,
be somewhere near the
alone in the darkness again.
while, staring into
"Near the Tear…"
the divine flames had anything to do with the golden thread, then Sunny had a much better chance of finding the
had already
returning to the endless routine of
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