"97.8 million years? That's extremely specific..." The Planet Spirit shifted her gaze away with her heavy, stony eyes, as though the weight of the number pressed on her very essence. There was hesitation in her tone, a subtle unease, "...yes, I think I began to gain faint traces of awareness somewhere around that period, perhaps a little less, perhaps a little more, but certainly close to it. Still... why do you ask such a question?"
Robin exhaled slowly, nodding a few times, as if confirming a suspicion that had haunted him for years...
He had always been told that Planet Spirits were present since the very birth of a planet, invisible guardians slumbering deep within its core, only to gradually awaken into true awareness after eons had passed. Once awake, they would begin to interfere with the affairs of living beings, guiding destinies, shaping races, and influencing the rise and fall of entire ecosystems.
