A long time seemed to pass, but Thales continued to stare blankly at Putray. He could not utter a single sentence.
The smile Putray gave him was filled with wrinkles, which came with age.
"So, this was all for me," Thales began to speak sluggishly. There were remnants of faint astonishment and distress in his eyes. "All of Constellation mobilizing a huge army, the civil unrest of the Alliance of Freedom provoking all of Eckstedt, the sudden frequent communications from the Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Department, they're all…"
Thales stared blankly at the dust-covered inner walls around him.
He finally connected them. He finally made everything connect again.
'King Chapman's authority, the internal strife in Dragon Clouds City, the City of Faraway Prayers coming here to sow discord, the sudden revolt from the Alliance of Freedom...
