Both Tyler and Kaeya walked side by side toward the distant silhouette of the city. The sky above was stained with smoke and faint embers drifting like dying stars. For a long while, only the crunch of gravel beneath their boots filled the silence.
Kaeya finally exhaled sharply.
"So… you're all from another world. Your souls were sent here as a trial. You complete the tasks assigned to you, and in doing so, you subconsciously gather the scattered 'Orion Cubes' hidden in this reality." She paused, brows furrowed. "That's what you're saying, right?"
Tyler scratched the back of his head. "That's… roughly it."
"And not just this world," she added before he could continue. "Many worlds. Different realities."
"Yeah," Tyler admitted. "Different worlds. Different civilizations. Different laws of nature."
She glanced sideways at him. "So this is just one stop in a larger game."
He hesitated. "It's not a game."
"It sounds like one."
