Quintess continued to look impassive and uninvested.
It wasn’t as though Sause expected him to respond with a frown or a gushing of tears, of course. But the Giant found himself feeling like he was talking to a huge wall.
Finally, Quintess’ lips parted, and he spoke:
Sause’s face... softened.
In order to salvage Edagon from a coming apocalyptic event – the departure of Quintess and Listafelle, which left Aigas’ Rules weakened – Jiggorrhax had given the order for so of the Giants to feed themselves to his younger sibling so that he (Jerthrax) could grow rapidly. Indeed, the Giants and the dragons were related. One could sacrifice power for the other in a fashion more effective than with cumulative mana experience.
"Both," ca Sause’s answer. "It was both. And I don’t regret it. The fact that I yielded no better result – or satisfaction, for that matter – from both validated my new reasoning all the more."
A lull followed.
Everyone who’d heard Sause bleed his heart out patiently waited for the response of the mightiest Deity on Aigas, or rather, the mightiest Deity to create Aigas.
It didn’t take long for the response to co.
said Quintess, and he sighed lightly in order to not blow everything away. Then he smiled.
Sause scowled. "Is that why you abandoned us?"
Quintess maintained his smile.
he said.
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