{No, the woman laying there is Master's second born.}
Oh… second?
I didn't know.
So she isn't actually the first one to be born.
The quiet correction landed with a soft but heavy thud in my thoughts, shifting my entire mental picture once again in ways I hadn't expected.
[Then why is she called the Eldest Born?]
{That is due to her being born first amongst the titans.}
...Heh. Sys has gone mad.
The dry observation slipped through my mind as I tried to keep up with the twisting logic, a small, tired laugh threatening to escape even in the middle of all this confusion and heat.
[So, by your logic, I have another child somewhere? And the Eldest Born is actually my second child?]
{Affirmative.}
Server issues have always been a pain in the ass.
The familiar complaint rose again inside my head, mixing with the growing sense that something fundamental was off in the way everything was being explained.
Maybe she is tired from all the hard work we've been through.
{…}
