Older?

As a busy woman, the Empress shouldn't have enough time to stay by Nial's side for the last two weeks. However, she couldn't care less about that. Her son was the most important thing in her life. She would even forsake her position as Empress if that meant she could protect her lovely son from harm.

The citizens of the Lacardian Empyrean Void were a little worried about this since they had heard rumors about the obsessiveness and overprotectiveness of the Empress, but it was not as if they couldn't understand her. Everyone near Nial was naturally drawn to him as if they had been bewitched. They would be willing to sacrifice their lives for Nial's well-being, though that was not something Nial wished to happen.

Nial was too busy adjusting to the terrific potential hue of the Goldscale Serpent to care about anything else. He was communicating with Goldy and tried to find out a few traits unique to the Goldscale Serpent.