He had already established the kind of outcome he wanted. Now the only question was how exactly he should go about exacting it?
And yet, just as Riley began thinking about how difficult that would actually be, along with his absolute lack of interest in sitting there assessing the life of every single person like some absolute judge he definitely wasn't, he suddenly felt a tug.
It was almost as though something was pulling at his attention.
Not toward the beings still shamelessly spewing whatever excuses and lip service they thought might save them, but toward the colossal tree towering behind him.
Ah...
Right.
Why would he have to do it himself when there was this?
Besides, did he and Kael even need this much power between the two of them?
Especially when part of that power apparently came with the unfortunate ability to hear all sorts of things Riley really didn't want invading his consciousness?
Kael seemed to understand what his mate intended almost immediately.
