"…From what we can gather, it truly seems that a cosmic war may soon erupt," Theo declared, his tone firm and weighted with a seriousness that made the words hang heavy in the air.
"A cosmic war?!" Robin's entire body stiffened, and his eyes narrowed until they were like slits of sharpened steel. His voice carried both disbelief and alarm. "In Mid-Sector 101? What in the heavens is happening there?!"
He had already seen with his own eyes the cosmic conflict tearing through Young Sector 101, the war over the Virillion Seed, a battle so immense that entire civilizations were being drawn into its orbit. But Mid-Sector 101? That sector was supposed to be quiet, untouchable, secured under the supreme authority of the Behemoth Kaylis. The very idea that a war could ignite there was absurd—yet Theo's tone left little room for doubt.
