Kharzoth finished that sentence in a lower, heavier tone, as if each word needed to be carefully chosen so as not to reveal more than it should, but also without being able to completely hide the unease that was now settling in his perception.
"You're not an ordinary demon either."
The silence that followed was not merely an absence of sound, but an interval charged with growing tension, as if the world itself were awaiting the inevitable collision between two forces that clearly should not coexist in that same space.
Strax didn't respond immediately.
He simply stood there, observing Kharzoth with that same calm, almost disinterested gaze, which contrasted absurdly with the overwhelming pressure his presence now exerted on everything around him.
And then…
He laughed.
