"…?!"
Uriel's words were so outlandish and seemingly random that even the duo sitting not far behind, who'd been not-so-subtly listening in, snapped their heads in their direction.
Korynth looked into Uriel's eyes, shocked to her core and unable to utter a single word as her pupils trembled and her breaths cycled laboriously.
But Uriel didn't budge.
And the longer he stared at her, the calmer Korynth seemed to become, the false facade of her shock melting away to reveal an expression as cold as ice.
"…"
Uriel didn't understand why she even tried to act shocked.
She knew that he was a Pioneer of Ithuril. And she knew that he knew that she knew.
If she'd been from Ithuril, he'd easily have been able to sense it. He didn't know much about his Pioneer perks beyond his Pioneer scale, but he knew that much.
He could tell when someone was from his world, and when someone wasn't.
But there were also two reasons that easily betrayed Korynth.
