A gust of wind cut through the mountain ledge, it was as chilly as ice. Freezing if Neveah was being honest. It ruffled Neveah's hair and clawed at her black dress. But Neveah barely noticed the cold, her focus was fixed on Menarx, on the hollow look in his eyes and the way his shoulders hunched under an invisible weight.
He looked so... small. So fragile. Like the wind would shatter him if it blew just a little harder.
Neveah's chest tightened painfully, as her eyes searched his, but found nothing... grief so absolute, it left no traces, nothing. She had heard of the effects of the severing. How much of a toll it took on a dragon, but it had only been an hour...How had it come to this?
"So what now?" There was a tremor in Neveah's voice, despite her best attempts to sound steady. It was the most hopeless Neveah had felt in a long time, knowing what Menarx was going to choose even before she asked it. "I just... go back to Inferno? Without you?"