After a brief conversation, Hedley returned to the group, his expression grave.
"Scar Eye wants to meet us in person. What do you think?"
Vera looked up from her thoughts without the slightest hesitation.
"Let's go."
She wanted to meet this Cyclops with the gift of prophecy, too.
Hedley nodded, and the group began heading deeper into the cluster of buildings.
As she thought, Vera asked a question in the group chat.
[Vera: @Vane, Fourth, do you know anything about the Sarkaz Cyclopes?]
[Vane: Sure! They're one of the Sarkaz Royal Courts, famous for their prophetic abilities. All the girls there are really well endowed!]
[Vera: ...That last comment was unnecessary. How accurate are their prophecies?]
[Vane: Hmm... accurate enough that they will definitely happen. Pretty mysterious stuff.]
[Gregor: Definitely happen?]
[Gorth: That sounds like some kind of predetermined fate... can't you take action to avoid it?]
[Vane: It's not completely impossible to change! I remember a Cyclops named Scar Eye in the story who tried to change the prophecy of his own death.]
Vera's interest stirred. That was precisely the person she was about to meet.
[Vera: Did he succeed?]
[Vane: The original prophecy said Ascalon from Babel Tower would kill him. After a lot of effort and maneuvering on his part...]
[Vera: He survived?]
[Vane: ...He didn't die at Ascalon's hands, that's true. Instead, after falling off a cliff, he got stabbed in the back by his own subordinate.]
[Gregor: Sounds like he wasn't much of a boss.]
[Gorth: Isn't that just dying a different way?]
[Vane: Just tell me whether he changed it or not.]
Vera: "..."
As always, the information Vane provided was steeped in nonsense-
Useful, but only barely.
Scar Eye really does have prophetic abilities, and he foresaw his own death...
*Then can he