Inevitables (2)

Several faces turned dark, and some adopted frowns of disbelief.

The man with the crystal of black and white around his neck scratched his chin with a thoughtful expression.

The Mad Bishop puckered her lips and produced a strange smooching noise.

The Head Faction leader leaned against her seat and tilted her head.

Replicus let out a sharp breath of mana.

"I see..." he said. "So three Deities really are gone from Aigas."

Pherdanta by his side looked astonished, and her eyes under the helmet shook when she realised that her master was buying into this story.

She didn't know, of course, like Replicus did, that this was true. The Penetrator trusted Serenity as an information source. She had never really lied. Her only crime was withholding information.