Kaelen felt himself increasingly in the blind, unable to anticipate Vorenza's next move until the very last moment. Every calculation screamed that she should have focused on Lyra, whose domain had been heavily restricting her. Yet, she had done the opposite, eliminating Korvin with a brutal, unexpected cunning.
The grim reality of Korvin's demise settled heavy in the abyssal air. With the Earth-Shaper gone, Kaelen knew their strategy had to pivot. Someone needed to engage Vorenza directly, physically pressing her, denying her the precious seconds she needed to react, to plan, to unleash her devastating conceptual weaves. That task, he now realized, fell to him.
