Annette, Arlem and his brother Jakim, Zeek, and several other notable individuals from South Drywall gathered. Nahia wasn't present—Thalen had taken her to see her master's body.
The rest embarked on an excursion after Raven began with: "It's difficult to explain. Better to just show you."
And so, Annette and her group ventured into craters that looked carved by titanic falls, carefully scaling downward to avoid slipping and tumbling inside.
They traversed jagged landscapes—a forest razed to the ground where tree stumps still stood, though they required keen attention to spot. Details they'd have easily missed without their guide Raven explaining in a weighted voice what devastation a single human, not even her age, had wrought upon this landscape.
Annette stopped Raven mid-conversation.
"Wait... what do you mean he trapped Ul here?"
