To offend the heavens, for Chaos's beings, Laine wasn't quite sure if the Fates counted as 'heaven'.
But for this Hemenu World that's already 'dead', with only remnants still struggling, the figure standing over the Primordial Water might be considered 'heaven'.
Yet as he journeyed on, Laine's form as a 'half-body of heaven' walking in the Mortal Realm, increasingly resembled that of a mortal.
Regarding this point, the less experienced Andre may not have noticed, and even if he did, he might not discern the underlying changes.
But Clotho, who stayed by Laine's side, certainly noticed.
Time flowed by, and with a flicker, several months passed swiftly.
One day, by a road several hundred miles outside Thebes, an elder, expelled from his community, fell to the ground.
On the surface of his body, scarlet marks looked like crimson eyes, and scars accumulated over the years erupted at this moment.
