"You collaborated with him to get rid of this 'alien virus,'" Mother Vyia continued knowingly. "Fine. But now that that is gone, I believe that brings your collaborations to an end as well."
"That doesn't mean I want to compete with him either; he has helped me gain the insight I need to reach a higher rank of power soon," Mother Maeria remarked with a pointed tone of voice.
"Be that as it may, you shouldn't ignore the widening gulf of power between Panama and the rest of human civilization," Mother Vyia remarked. "The three thousand Martial Sages was intense enough, but ever since he broke through to the Transcendent Realm, the gap turned into a gulf."
"I don't think it's something that you should be concerned about," Mother Maeria remarked. "We are on the same side."
