Searching for bait, angering the hive.

'Eh, whatever. You guys ready for the next part?'

[Always, maestro!]

[As you will.]

[Sure...thing...]

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'Shit, shit, shit. What do I do now? What do I even say? Can I even lie to someone like this?'

"Well?"

Zhen Li was dumbstruck as he tried to figure out what the hell his next choice of words should be.

It's not often one gets forced to talk face to face with an Overlord...well, at least that's the conclusion he came to after seeing this display of aether control and awareness of what actions he was doing from heavens know how far away.

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While remote aether manipulation and control was doable at any level, all of them up until Aether Emperor required the practioner to maintain some form of awareness from one of their main five senses to do something in regards to it.