Goddess of the Deep

Seth didn’t answer the owl’s words immediately, flicking the worm off his shoulder and sitting on the empty chair in front of him.

After he was seated, all the others animals and plants except the owl took human forms, looking towards him with different emotions.

Some had greed in their eyes, some hostility, others fear, and only a few people appeared happy with his presence there.

Seth looked into every member of the Council’s eyes before looking at all the empty seats and finally turning his eyes on the owl.

“There’s so few of you left, Augur.”

“There are, Seth. Some, like Worm, were lucky to have escaped the curse of their seals..., but others were not so fortunate.”

“I’ve heard about Pain… did you seal it back?”

“We did. Eight of us died, but we barely managed to stop it from leaving the territory of Pain. Resealing it completely is impossible now….”