Eric had already felt the arrival of the Third Leader long ago, but he hadn't said or done anything wanting to give a little hope to the beauty in front of him.
After all, if all hope was crushed to pieces immediately then she might build defences against him, or might start to deny reality, but not break.
If he wanted to break her, he needed to chip at her mentality, and self bit by bit, before he actually gave her one big blow.
Of course, the one to give her the big blow wouldn't be him, it would be that guy that she had chosen as her 'man' but that was for the future.
Right now, he had other things to do, so he just waited for the Third Leader to show himself.
Things were definitely going to be more difficult than expected though, as not only wasn't the Third Leader alone in arriving here, but there was also a familiar presence nearby.
