"Humans really are creatures fascinating, they aren't?" Kai's Shadow murmured, his voice barely more than a whisper as he perched high upon a gnarled, ancient tree.
From his vantage point, the people below seemed like tiny, scurrying insects, oblivious to the decay surrounding them.
"They are… They really are…" the figure beside him replied, their tone soft, almost resigned. "My time has come…" the person said, then prepared to jump down from the tree.
The Shadow's eyes fixed on the figure beside him. "Wait!" he said, his voice cutting through the quiet rustle of the ruined city below. "If you truly intend to pursue revenge, go to the secret room then, in the White House, and the talisman take."
The person sitting next to him stiffened, a flicker of curiosity igniting in their tired eyes. "What talisman?" they asked, their voice low, cautious, yet trembling with a hint of excitement.
