They walked through the dark hallway, passing rows of doors on both sides, each room holding an ancient ancestor of their family, and Elaine still couldn't believe there were so many of them.
To think there were so many people alive in her family and she had never known; it all felt so surreal.
She shook her head and snapped out of her daze as she noticed another figure walking down the hallway, and she instantly grew nervous.
These ancient ones might be at the awakened rank, just like she was, but they still held more authority than her in the family, and besides, she still needed something from them, so she made it a priority not to offend a single one.
The elderly frame finally got closer, their cloudy pupils shifting her way, and she felt a very faint ripple of will scan her, but she didn't react; she already had all the important parts of her system cloaked in her own will.
