As her mother's sweet voice blended with her smile and gentle touch, the moment overlapped with a memory from when she was no older than five.
The same tone, the same touch, the same care... The same love.
At that moment, even when Shia's mind was already gone, she suddenly realized something... Maybe a story was behind her parents' lack of warmth, for they were not always this cold to her from birth.
"Not bad..."
Meanwhile, Lord Idriss also smiled at the massive protective construct of blood towers eating through the mountain's rage like it was nothing.
'I was planning to lift the weight of the mountain off you, but it seems you had it covered...' Lord Idriss murmured to himself as he ignored the rocks and boulders smashing over his unbreakable body.
He turned his gaze back on Grave'Maw and said calmly, "Now that we are alone... I have a personal surprise waiting for you."
