Even as Daneel walked towards the objects which dazzled him just as much as they unsettled his heart due to the grave tone of the mouth whose words were still echoing in the hall, the fight above the Endless Sea between the sovereigns and the Eskilon family was coming to an end.
It did not look like this was an end that they had foreseen, though, as the faces of most of the sovereigns were filled with nervousness and unease.
Eloise was the calmest of them all, but in the depths of her eyes, too, one could see the doubt that wracked them all.
Would they have to end up relying on their Godking, after all? At the end of the day, after all this effort, would they have to give up their pride in the pursuit of a good outcome?
