[: Daniel's POV :]
"It's a bit insulting that such a meagre planet chooses to call our Lords prideful beings."
The creature's voice slithered through the air like smoke, its silhouette warping the space behind it.
Its hands, long, bony, ending in hooked claws, rested behind its back as though it were taking a leisurely stroll rather than threatening an entire world.
Its head tilted, neck cracking unnaturally.
"We're merely cooperating to achieve our goal… and that goal is 'you'."
It raised one hand, a single talon glinting with malevolent light.
"A mere planet born with a Nexus Heart."
The air grew colder.
Even the wind seemed to recoil at those words.
"An existence that should have been taboo, and yet..." the creature's mouth twisted wider, "with nothing but the coincidence of star alignments, you appeared."
Then its eyes, black orbs with a single white dot drifting in the void— ocked onto Mika.
"Hence, do not blame us for fulfilling the wish of my Lord."
