Erend sat with Adrien and Billy in the quiet meeting room of their world. He had just finished explaining everything, exactly the same way Aesa had told Adrius and Lysander.
And Adrien and Billy's reactions were no different. In fact, theirs were worse. They were ordinary humans from a world without any Magical phenomenon, and hearing that a Dragonborn had been absorbed, that the entity had planned their arrival from the beginning… it left both of them shocked and terrified.
"What do we do now?" Billy asked. "If even you and the other Dragonborns can't stop him, what are we supposed to do?"
Erend sighed. "I don't know. Not right now."
Billy stood up abruptly, frustration driving him to pace around the room.
Only the three of them knew what had happened, nobody else, and that was for the best.
The room fell into a heavy silence afterward.
