They entered the ancient temple.
Inside stood many statues, and every one of them looked disturbingly lifelike, figures caught in stone with a fidelity that suggested they had not always been stone. Noah's gaze moved over them as they passed, and Ryaenara spoke, casual and unhurried.
"You know," she said, "sometimes a thing stays safe simply because it never announces itself. It sits in the dark, unremarkable, and nothing hunts it because nothing knows it's worth hunting. But the moment it's tested, the moment even a glimpse of what it could become is revealed to Existence, every unfathomably powerful thing that feeds on potential comes running to devour it before it can grow." She glanced back at him.
"That's what I did to you, I'm afraid. I exposed you without meaning to. I ran my little test expecting a wing or two, and instead you turned out to be someone with Boundless Potential..."
HUUM!
Boundless Potential.
