THE Arbitrium leaned forward with building interest.
Your buddy and longtime friend, I can absolutely understand why you would make that sacrifice for him. But the anomaly that he came with? You don't really know this entity at all. You have no deep attachments or shared history. Would you truly choose to go even further, to break your entire Civilization down past THE Surface Depth and into complete Pre-THE existence, for someone you barely know?|
The words hung in the air with crushing weight.
They were followed by an immense silence that seemed to stretch across eternity.
A sense of profound power mixed with deep melancholy wrapped around THE Fisherman as he sat there processing everything.
At this moment, he calmly took his fishing rod and cast out another line into the murky waters.
His movements were practiced and serene despite the trembling in his hands.
His gaze held utmost serenity and terrible power as he spoke with voice carrying absolute conviction.
