Duke Valen's blind eyes seemed to focus on something none of them could see. "And now they wish to use the very crisis they created as pretense to assert themselves among the Living Existences again. It's brilliant in its simplicity…create a problem only you can solve, then demand recognition for solving it."
"The threat of Dead Existences is very real," Gwendolyn continued, her voice heavy with the weight of recent memory. "If we deny the Paradoxes their seat at the table, they'll likely open more tears in existence, make the situation increasingly dire until we're forced to call upon them. Since Paradoxes..." she paused, seeming to taste something bitter, "are mainly the ones effective against Dead Existences."
Duke Whisker's whiskers twitched in what might have been amusement. "But then... another party has appeared that seems to also be effective against Dead Existences."
