Still, it was not only exhaustion that drove their decision.
They knew what the humans were waiting for. The kingdoms of men, especially those touched by Erik's defiance waited like vultures, eager to see how the new godling leaders would respond. Would they lash out in pride, proving mortal fears right? Or would they divide among themselves and weaken?
Zephyr and other leaders already knew their answer. They had a meeting about all this, where they all made it clear what their stand on the situation was.
They would not give the humans what they wanted.
Instead, they would watch and wait.
They understood the current mortal world for what it had become: a powder keg trembling at the edge of its own undoing. The faintest divine spark could ignite it, and the godlings refused to be that spark.
So their silence became their weapon this time.
