Just as Bane had said, everyone was trapped in their own well, making them all frogs at the bottom of one.
It was only that some had slightly wider well openings, while others had narrower ones.
Clearly, Wyper had grown up in an environment with a very small opening, so he simply could not comprehend the terrifying power from earlier that seemed capable of destroying everything.
On the other side, the priests of God's Guard were the first to recover their senses.
Perhaps because they followed Enel, the so-called "god," they could link anything to divine miracles. The instant he came to his senses, one priest shouted, "It was the wrath of God! That was the wrath of God! Lord God must be dissatisfied with how sluggishly we've been fighting! Hurry! Crush these Shandia guerrillas before the next divine punishment descends!"
The Shandia were originally natives of Jaya. More than four hundred years ago, they had been swept into the sky by a massive Knock Up Stream and could no longer return.
Four hundred years ago, the rulers of Angel Island had coveted their land and launched a campaign to drive them out, expelling them from the Golden City. Since then, the Shandia had continuously fought the people of Sky Island. This war over land had lasted for centuries. Although the Shandia were clearly formidable fighters, their resources were limited in every respect, and their population had never been able to grow. They had remained at a disadvantage throughout the war and had yet to reclaim their ancestors' land.
Originally, the ruler of Angel Island in this generation, Gan Fall, had wanted to make peace with the Shandia and completely end the centuries-long conflict through peaceful means.
Whether his intentions had been pure or naive, at least he had truly