"He isn't here, you say?" Sunny repeated, his voice smooth as silk but carrying the weight of a descending mountain.
He didn't wait for an answer. His gaze, piercing through the cosmic mask, locked onto the swirling mass of darkness that was collapsing on itself.
It continued to do so for a minute or so, stretching and contorting until it mimicked a humanoid figure.
Kairos and Mongo panicked instantly. This wasn't the heroic rescue they had envisioned. The very darkness that formed their protection was being used to manifest their master's avatar.
The Pearl of Calamity shivered and dissolved, its body sacrificed to give Lom a projection to speak with Sunny.
Since the Darkness of the pearl of calamity was used by Lom to manifest his projection, this made the two spies were standing physically in the open air of the throne room, nakedly exposed to the light of the throne room.
