The Seal was a disk wrought in perfect symmetry, black as obsidian. Its surface shifted like liquid stone, veins of molten gold threading and slithering across it like streams of living light. The lines pulsed, restless and unending, as though the relic itself was alive, drawing breath in the silence of the arena.
Celestials recoiled at once, shoulders stiffening as they drew back instinctively. Many held their breath, as if even air might offend the relic's hunger. The Eternal Warden's towering frame glowed faintly with restrained power as he extended the Seal, and the Sovereign of Eternal Dawn reached forward to take it.
"Be done with it," she said, her voice sharp as steel. "This has gone on long enough. We have wasted time on a case that should have been resolved the moment it was raised."
She handed the Seal to the Arbiter.
