The world around us felt suddenly smaller, more pressing. Every step I took felt like it led me deeper into something I couldn't escape, and I wasn't sure I even wanted to.
"You really think this is all connected, don't you?" I asked, my voice tight.
Agnos didn't answer right away. Instead, he studied the ground ahead, his eyes narrowing. "It has to be.
All the signs point to it. Whoever tried to take that sixth fragment, whoever twisted the creator's will—they're involved in something… something bigger than just wanting to take this power."
I felt my heart thump painfully in my chest. I wanted to trust him, wanted to believe that this wasn't just a rabbit hole we were diving into.
But the more he said, the more it felt like we were heading toward something dangerous, something we couldn't control.
