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The quiet between them wasn't tense or uncomfortable. It just lingered, stretching out in a way only ancient beings could pull off. Down below, the ocean beneath Tiamat finally stirred—a ripple rolling out as if the water itself realized something had changed.
Tiamat stared out at the horizon, where the sky faded from lavender to almost night.
"This place," she said, voice low. "You're trying to figure it out, aren't you?"
Kaelthar drifted down and landed next to her. The water turned solid under his feet right away, picking up on his power.
He took in the scene. It looked empty at first glance, but there was more here—he could feel it.
"A sealed layer of the multiverse," he said. "Deeper than the Throne. Deeper than any timeline. Almost cut off."
Tiamat tilted her head. "Almost."
He narrowed his eyes—curious, not suspicious.
She kept going. "This is the Primordial Sea. One of the first realms I made. Before life, before death, before ideas even had edges—this sea was my cradle."
Kaelthar stepped closer, hands in his pockets.
"So you built your own world," he said. "Set apart from all the gods that came later."
Tiamat's smile was small, a little sad. "They built their systems, their pantheons, their so-called order." She glanced over at him. "You know how that turns out."
He let out a quiet huff. "Yeah. I do."
He looked out at the endless water again. This time, something flickered beneath the surface—lights, shapes, movement.
"…Life?" he asked.
Tiamat nodded. "The first things I made. Early forms of what would someday be dragons, beasts… all the things that haunt mankind's dreams—and their hopes, too."
Curiosity sparked in Kaelthar's eyes.
"You did all of this on your own?"
She let out a breath, a hint of a laugh. "Not by myself. Not at the start." Her eyes softened for a moment, but she didn't say more.
Kaelthar didn't press. Some memories, you just leave alone.
"How long have you stayed here?" he asked.
"Long enough to lose track of time," she said. "Long enough for this sea to become my whole world—and for that world to forget me."
She sounded calm, not bitter at all.
He stepped forward, trailing his hand over the water. Where he touched, it lit up.
"You're part of this place," he said. "Not trapped—just… connected."
Tiamat looked down. "Yes. I slept for ages. When I woke, this realm answered me—not the multiverse outside." She paused. "Maybe that's how it should be."
Kaelthar watched her. There was no madness in her face, no pride. Just a deep, old tiredness.
"Still," he said, "you noticed me the second I showed up. Even through all the layers."
She nodded. "You're… impossible to miss."
He gave a short laugh. "That's a compliment, right?"
"It is."
They stood in silence for a moment.
Then Kaelthar asked, straight to the point, "What else do you remember from back then?"
Tiamat's gaze darkened, heavy with memory. "Only flashes. Your fight with chaos shook everything as I was shaping the sea. I didn't understand what I saw—just that two forces moved, far beyond anything I knew." She glanced up at the swirling sky. "Mortals couldn't grasp it. Not even gods."
"That's it?"
She tilted her head. "What are you getting at?"
"Where you were born. How you survived. What found you before the Root."
Tiamat shook her head, slow. "Only fragments. A hand reaching out. A voice I can't place. Light… or maybe shadow? I really don't know." She pressed her fingers to her temple, like the memory hurt. "It's like trying to remember a dream from forever ago."
Kaelthar nodded and let it go.
Push too hard, and old memories just slip away.
He turned back to the sea.
"The things down there," he said. "They're restless."
Tiamat laughed softly. "They feel you. Even half-asleep, they know when a top predator is nearby."
Kaelthar smirked. "Fair enough."
The water churned, almost bowing to him.
He took a long breath.
"This place really is separate," he said. "Even the Root barely touches it."
Tiamat's eyes sharpened. "Does that bother you?"
"No," Kaelthar said. "It fascinates me."
A place the Root can't reach. Somewhere he couldn't just read or unravel. Rare. Worth digging into.
Tiamat's gaze softened. "If you want to see more, I'll show you."
She held out her hand, glowing with that deep ocean-blue light.
Kaelthar didn't take it. He just stepped up beside her.
"You lead," he said. "I'll walk."
She smiled, just a little.
The ocean shifted, paths of hard light stretching toward the horizon.
As they started walking, Tiamat spoke again.
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