"I am happy that he agreed to this little duel," an advisor of the S'rrigin remarked once the meeting ended. "We'll be able to see just how he evades the price of the Verse."
Aboard the fleet of ships carrying the S'rrigin, several advisors around him happily mused at the fact that they had managed to get what they wanted. They floated in the oceanic environment aboard the ship, hovering several centimeters above the solid-water floor of the ship.
"Is it not odd that he fell for that, though?" One advisor couldn't help but frown. "He seemed intelligent and capable, so he should have understood what our goal was. And yet, he agreed nonetheless. That seems very odd, don't you think?"
