"Riley, just stop!"
"...Mother?"
"Enough, Riley. Just… stop it."
And for the first time in a very long time, Riley found himself just like the rest of the people standing below him—completely frozen. He wasn't surprised that everything around him just suddenly changed in an instant, no.
What he was surprised about was suddenly seeing Diana floating right in front of him, appearing out of nowhere. Suffice it to say, Riley didn't really feel any threat coming from the dragons, but now that Diana suddenly replaced them, he felt like he needed to very slowly descend back to the ground.
But of course, Riley didn't do it and instead just stretched his hand to touch Diana's face.
"Are you really here, Mother?" Riley then started brushing Diana's cheek, caressing, pinching, and pulling to see if it was real. And true enough, she was there.
