Useless

Ryu stood in silence for a long time, the weight of it all finally hitting him like it must have hit Sarriel. It was one thing to have a vague comprehension of the sort of pinnacle you were chasing after, but it was another thing entirely to truly see it, to feel it.

The Phoenix Sky God was no longer just some vague entity to him now. They were very much real. He had spoken to them, and now he had seen just how deep the scope of their plans and machinations went.

This wasn't just a normal existence. The Phoenix Sky God was quite literally using the Heavens themselves as their chessboard.

Sarriel looked up at Ryu's side profile from her position in his arms, not saying anything to interrupt his thought process.

She wondered how he would react to this. Would he still be the same Ryu? Or would he come to understand her perspective more?