Then he continued speaking…
Seroi's gaze drifted to the distant hills outside the window, as though his mind was climbing back into that moment. His fingers tapped lightly against his knee, keeping a slow, unconscious rhythm.
"Eram had sent us because there is a very big kingdom in the middle of those mountains. Five times bigger than our city. A lot of people lived there." His tone held a trace of awe, as if the sheer size of that place still impressed him.
He shifted slightly in his chair, leaning forward. "That volcano was dormant for many centuries. There was never any movement in it." His eyes narrowed as if he could still see the jagged black slopes rising against a gray sky. "But one day suddenly we get data of seismic waves from there."
Ren noticed the faint curl of Seroi's lip when he spoke of the scientists half respect, half the weight of urgency.
"According to the scientists who were studying that volcano and that mountain range, this volcano can erupt at any time."
