After dismissing their troops, Eve and Eliya left the large war hall together.
Their footsteps echoed softly against the reinforced stone floor as they walked side by side down a long corridor lined with glowing protective runes.
For a while, neither of them spoke.
The distant sounds of soldiers preparing for deployment could still be heard behind them.
Eventually, Eliya broke the silence.
"Well Ancestor, it seems our time here will becoming to an end soon," she said, her white eyes glancing toward one of the tall windows that overlooked the fractured sky.
"The destruction of the Prime Expanse has begun... which means they are here."
Even after being away from the Lower Framework for over two trillion years—more than enough time for Eliya to see Eve as someone more familiar.
Truthfully, she did feel that way, but she had spent far more of her life guarding the sealed place that once held Adam and Eve.
