“Can you still hear them?” RuIng asked.
“You can too.”
Much to his surprise, RuIng shook his head, “your hearing has gotten better than mine ever since bonding with the phoenix.”
“Shouldn’t that change with rank?”
RuIng smiled, “the rank system is complicated. Forget about it. Just count your abilities and make use of them.”
Sevir found that easier. “They are pretty far. Was it so that Bailong can’t hear it?”
Even as he asked, he hoped Bailong was looking at him, for him, hearing him. More than the trouble of keeping more secrets, he hopes to let Bailong know his heart through the vision.
“I see that you have made progress. Even if you do not wish to face father, you are still sticking around, not running off on your own.”