Although Sunny did not want to admit it, Old Tom's death had disturbed him quite a bit.
It was not only because of the fact how vast and terrifying the remains of the ancient horror of the depths looked, and it wasn't even because of the fact that it had been killed.
What disturbed him the most was the manner of Old Tom's death.
Sunny was not entirely sure that he could have killed the immense creature. What he was sure about, however, was that he would not have been able to finish it off in one blow.
But it had been.
Old Tom had been crushed like an annoying pest.
Knowing that there was something out there capable of doing something like that made him feel uneasy. That creature, whatever it was, was ahead of them in the race toward the Eternal City — so they would inevitably clash with it, in the end.
Sunny could not help but wonder if he could withstand a similar blow. The answer he came up with… was not very reassuring.
The Night Garden continued its descent.
