We are insects, David thought with crystalline clarity. Insects watching titans decide the fate of nations. And the titans have barely noticed our existence.
The Sun Empress, despite her exhaustion, maintained her composure while internally acknowledging a terrifying truth. Even Lord Hilton De Gro, David's legendary father who had defeated multiple elder dragons through sheer individual prowess, would be helpless against true dragons. This wasn't a matter of strategy or determination, the power differential was absolute, unbridgeable through any mortal effort.
There are levels of power that simply cannot be matched, she accepted with tactical realism. We are fortunate they seem disinclined to notice us.
