Renaissance Palace, royal guards' night shift break room.
"Lord Mallos, you mentioned that Prince Thales' Power of Eradication is the Wrath of the Sea?"
As Chief Flagbearer and vice-captain, Vogel did not dwell on the prince's sexuality. He switched to another report and pressured flag bearer Will, who was frantically cleaning up the stains, with a sideways glance.
But as the subject of interrogation, Mallos felt the tension in the room intensify.
"Yes."
The watchman stood in his world of dead silence and desolation, sensing the emotions that emanated from Vogel expressionlessly—after extreme rage, the latter seemed to have reverted to calm, with dark undercurrents.
"When did it awaken?"
"Since His Highness is only fourteen, it should have been fairly recently."
Vogel opened the report, keeping his eyes on Mallos.
"Awakened at fourteen, that seems to be the earliest record of it… No exact timing?"
