Winnie fell silent for a moment, complex light shifting through her golden eyes.
Lilith had revealed far too much.
About how she might be that powerful wielder of the same Authority, the seventh person outside their faction.
And about the power and identity she might once have possessed...
All of it left her unable to calm down.
In the end, she only shook her head gently, her voice a little low.
"I... I'll think about it."
Lilith did not seem in any hurry to get an answer either. She turned to Shen Yi.
"Spend the next few days resting and recuperating here with Alvin."
"I need to go talk with some old friends and ask what happened Beyond the World while I was gone."
With that, her energy-formed soul body turned into a faint glimmer and drifted toward the follicle's core region where Alvin's massive body lay.
Only Shen Yi, Winnie, and Xilos were left in the safe zone of this desolate World Bubble.
Winnie walked off alone to one side and stared into the distance at those flickering World Bubbles, sinking into thought.
Shen Yi turned his gaze to Xilos beside him.
This woman, who had always been fiery in temperament and swift to act, now seemed somewhat dazed and dispirited, staring blankly into the void, her eyes unfocused.
"What are you thinking about?"
Shen Yi asked.
Xilos was jolted awake by his voice. She came back to herself, and a bitter smile appeared on her face.
"No... nothing."
"It's just..."
She paused, her voice carrying an unmistakable confusion and dejection.
"I just suddenly saw a wider, more absurd world, and existences like Alvin and Lilith that are completely beyond anything I imagined."
"When I look back now at the life I had in the Shadow World, running around