Raziel read the red system warning floating in the Founder's room.
The text stated revealing the time loop carried extreme psychological risk to the listener.
He dismissed the screens with a thought and looked at Zorya.
She stood in the dim light of the oil lamp and waited for him to speak.
He needed the third weapon to fortify the academy against the Inquisition, and the Founder demanded absolute honesty to unlock it.
Raziel grabbed the wooden chair from the center of the cell and pushed it toward the stone desk.
"Sit down," Raziel instructed. "I have a long story."
Zorya sat on the old wood and folded her hands in her lap.
Raziel leaned his back against the stone wall and crossed his arms.
"I died a couple years from now," Raziel stated.
Zorya did not blink.
He told her about the first timeline.
He described the main cathedral and the bodies of the orphans covering the floor tiles.
He explained Zion.
He described the Player and her black sword.
