The Court

"If you're ready, I'm gonna start to inject dark matter. And I'll tell you right now, no matter how much you protest, there's no way to stop it. Anyone whose soul has passed through the original timeline to the alternative timeline has already taken a great deal of damage. Anyway, you'll find out for yourself later. I'm starting."

After the man popped an unknown black pearl into his mouth, he came up to me and put his hand on my shoulder. just before he started whatever he was going to do, he asked me one last time. and that was the last time I saw him.

"By the way, my name is Talon, and from now on I am your senior and you are my junior. keep that in your mind."

"My name is Victor."

"Did you just say, Victor?"