"I-" Tista's mouth remained open, but no words came out. As much as it bothered her to admit it, Rena was right. Her brother was her hero, so she had always taken Lith's words at face value and assumed he was the best of the best.
Doubting either thing would have been heresy for her younger self, so she had never connected the dots.
"What does be an Awakened imply?" Kamila asked. She didn't believe in free meals and suspected there was a reason why not every single being on Mogar was an Awakened. There had to be a catch.
Protector explained how becoming an Awakened worked and revealed the existence of the Council to them, going into detail of the internal power struggles that now involved Lith.
He told them how despite their small numbers, Awakened could greatly affect politics and that they obeyed no law but that of the Council.
