The silence after the colossus's revelation stretched like a blade across the air—long, heavy, and sharp enough to cut thought itself.
Ash drifted in lazy spirals through the cracked wasteland, the only movement in a world that suddenly felt too still.
Raven stood with Omni still resting on his shoulder, his crimson eyes narrowing as his mind worked faster than his heartbeat.
Then his frown deepened, sharp enough to slice through the quiet.
"…Wait," he said, voice low but carrying. "If the corrupt beasts are your father's blood… and killing them lets him absorb their power—" He paused, the next words carrying realization mixed with suspicion. "—then what about you? The part-dragons. Wouldn't the same rule apply?"
Every head snapped toward him.
Selena's blue eyes sharpened, Clara stiffened mid-breath, and Siris's grip tightened on her frost-dripping daggers. Even Nibbles froze mid-tail flick.
They realized what he was trying to point at.
