"Are you nervous?" I asked with a small smile as I watched Clarissa try to psyche herself up.
"Humph! Daring to tease me now, are you?" She huffed, pouting.
"Well, it's just funny seeing your confident act finally have a dent in it. You were acting so tough and carefree earlier."
"Yea, that was until I started facing the reality of snatching authority over life from something I still can't even comprehend properly," she mused. Pointing at the Lifetree before us, she added, "Look at this thing—it's already overwhelming, and I'm about to seize authority from something even more daunting than this. Yea, talking big has its perks, especially when it only involves talking." Her smile turned weak. "But the show must go on, and I already promised you, so here goes nothing…"
She turned around, assuming once again her cross-legged sitting position, trying to regulate her breath when—
"Da.. Dante?"
