Jack stood rigid in the middle of the room. Every muscle in his body coiled like a spring ready to snap. His skin crawled with the sensation of being observed and catalogued like some exotic specimen in a menagerie.
'System, you said someone is watching me. Can you tell me anything else about them?'
[Analyzing...]
[The presence is powerful, but... strange. It doesn't feel like the other chosen ones or palace guards.]
Jack's hand instinctively went to Draven's pendant. The metal had grown noticeably hotter since his conversation with Aurelius, as if responding to some unseen threat.
'What do you mean by that?'
[I'm not entirely sure. The energy signature is... muffled, somehow. Whatever is watching you isn't entirely present in this realm.]
Jack forced himself to appear calm, continuing his casual pace around the room while his mind raced. If someone was observing him, they were doing it for a reason.
'Can you pinpoint where the observation is coming from?'
