Rev didnt have much knowledge about the world around him.
Schools avoided subjects that have to do with the outside world.
And asking about it, was dissmissed as irrelevant.
In fact, everytime someone did ask around about such topics, Rev among them,
they would be frowned upon, and told to focus on actual important matters.
But what truly made Rev uncomfortable back in his school days, was how could they know that someone has been asking about
forbidden topics?
Even outside of school, when Rev dared to talk about such things, with his group of friends, he
would be summoned to the principals office, the very next day.
The obvious answer would be, that one of his friends must have told on him,
actually, thats exactly what the teachers and principal had everyone believe.
When the context would arise, they would always find a sly way with words,
to hint that someone would always report.
When Rev decided to test that theory he regretted that deeply.
He chose a spot, where he knew not a single person could possibly overhear him,
and he had a conversation with himself, as if there is another person beside him.
A person looking from the side, would have thought Rev had gone crazy.
Rev went home feeling comfort, in the fact that at least he could talk to himself.
The next day at school, at the very first lesson, the principal
entered the class, looking pale, and disturbed, and pointed at Rev,
and called him to his office.
Rev shivered, but reassured himslef.
'No.. they couldnt possibly know, calm down, but what does he want from me?'.
As Rev entered the office, 2 large men, stood behind the principals chair.
They looked anxious, and impatient, but didnt say a word.
The principal sat down, and so did Rev.
The principal crossed his fingers, and stared at Rev, in his eyes, genuine pity.
"I have known you for a long time now Rev,
and i honetsly did all i could, your parents... did to.
But there is no easy way out of this for you im afraid"
The principal leaned his head forward, his eyes turning serious and hollow.
"Lets start with the elephant in the room, who was there with you?"
Rev was genuinely confused.
'huh? what do my parents have to do with this?'
"im sorry, i have clearly upset you, sir, but what exactly are we talking about here?"
suddenly the world gone dark on Rev, and filled with pain, as one of the mens, strucked Revs
face so hard, that Rev fell from his chair.
The man moved so fast, Rev didnt even know what hit him at first.
The realization quickly dawned on Rev, nothing he could have done, would have been this serious,
and the question itself, 'who was there?', was enough of a clue.
Revs thought proccess was simple at that moment,
if he had told them that he simply talked to himself,
they would know, that he in fact, tested the limits, and that he now knows that they are everywhere.
Considering they want everyone to think that someone overheard/told, the truth could get him in trouble.
The question itself also provided an important clue, they are certain there was someone there,
meaning,
1) they dont have the ability to know the persons location, otherwise they would see who was there,
but that ability, is more like listening to a voice, and
2) they dont fully trust their ability, which in turn mean, that someone must have bypassed that ability, at some point.
Considering everything, Rev came to a conclusion, that made him feel sick.
He had to choose someone that would take the fall for him.
That person had to be smart, to leave the impression that he could bypass the ability,
but also close enough to Rev, to leave the impression they would meet.
That person was a close friend of Rev, who was never seen again after that day.
Ever since that incident, Rev became depressed, and his mind became foggy.
So Rev knew, that the information Kro possessed, if in fact true that is,
meant that Kro is a powerful individual, trusted with secret information, that he
just casually shared with him, but still, important information.
'What could a powerful man like him, want from me?, surely he has the means, to recruit powerful people for his... mission.
Speaking about his mission, did he say he wants to start a war?...'
There were pressing questions for Rev,
couldnt they have heard their conversation?
didnt he find a dragon some time ago?
But he decided to trust Kro for now, and leave the questions for later, time was running out.
"So what is going to happen now?"
Asked Rev
"Im going to start an explosion soon, and you are going to make a run for it,
hopefully, disappearing in the mess, and break out.
Heres a detailed map of this facility"
Kro handed Rev a small piece of paper,
on that paper, 3 crudely drawn rectangles connected to each other, and the work 'EXIT' in the
upper right corner the page.
'The hell am i supposed to make of this??.. this is detailed??'
However, Revs suspicions that this whole interaction is just a hoax, decreased a bit,
Kro really was crazy.