I exhaled slowly, trying to get control of my emotions again. I let out a cough awkwardly and scratched the back of my neck.
"Ah, sorry about that. I'm not sure what happened… I just suddenly got very angry."
Saturn coughed, blood leaking from his mouth. His whole body was covered in bruises, bones bent the wrong way, and the light that once shined around him was gone completely. He looked nothing like a grandmaster, nothing like the emperor of a world. He looked small, broken, human.
"Why are you doing this?" he asked, his voice weak.
I looked down at him, a faint smile tugging at my lips. "I told you, I'm from Vaythos. We're enemies, aren't we?"
He dropped his gaze, but I didn't stop. I stepped closer, hands in my pockets, and let my shadow fall across his kneeling form. His breaths were short and heavy, each one sounding like it hurt.
"Anyway," I continued, tilting my head slightly, "I have a question for you."
I let the silence hang for a moment before speaking again.
