They listened to Riley. Butcher listened to Riley, Whiteking listened to Riley, everyone inside the Hope Guild's ship listened to Riley.
After all, what other choice did they have?
Even before, they already had no chance against him — how could they even hope to touch even a single strand of his hair now that Riley was capable of erasing universes? None of them knew that, of course. Riley was telling them as part of his story, but they couldn't actually just believe him outright.
"Wait — wait, no…"
And perhaps out of all of them, there was someone who truly refused to believe Riley's words.
V.
"What do you mean I turned into a junkie? I don't even smoke! I'm 16!" The youngest member of the Hope Guild, V, "And what do you mean I was sent to prison for killing millions of people!?"
"That is unimportant to my story, Miss Victoria."
