"Let me talk to Althea first," Finn said, his voice flat under his bone mask. "Then I will decide what to do."
Instead of giving a sharp rebuttal or a snarky, quick-witted response to the Sage's massive declarations, Finn had given in to the request without a single protest. The total willingness in his tone made Sage Limitless smile widely for the very first time. The expression looked incredibly foreign on his stoic features.
"It is always much better to talk to people who know power," Limitless said, his voice carrying that smooth, absolute resonance that seemed to vibrate through the thin air. "People who know exactly when not to bother about certain useless things."
