This state that Elias found himself in, where everything had gone still, and yet his mind remained active, and the state of his body was strange and yet familiar, almost similar to that of his Ageless Echo inside his Lumina Space. He would not be surprised if this was an enhanced application of that power, yet again, Elias had to focus his mind as he caught himself drifting into thoughts that were not beneficial to the situation.
In the heat of the battle, he had not forgotten the presence of the Commander, but he also knew that for an Angel as powerful as she was, it was extremely easy for her to leave him to die if he fell short of her expectations.
What would a mere child of eighteen be seen as in the eyes of a person who had lived for thousands of years?
It was not as if he had not heard her words, but it was because he did that he found his mind wandering. The most important decision he would ever make in his life, the Commander could not have said those words lightly.
