"Where is this?"
Lilith said nothing, yet her voice had already rung out in the Palace. "Who's speaking? Huh? That sounds like my voice? So this voice is what I'm thinking right now..."
Lilith's voice abruptly stopped echoing through the Palace. She had already found a way to keep her thoughts from being "broadcast publicly."
Amon folded his arms across his chest, a cunning gleam in the eye behind his Monocle. "Are you planning to stay here to hide from Roselle?"
"I'd guess she's waiting for me."
A voice belonging to none of the three suddenly rang out in the Hall of Truth. An Illusory Door appeared out of thin air beside Lilith, and a hand reached through it, gently patting her shoulder.
Lilith trembled and turned to look.
"Lilith, I'm back."
Edward slowly stepped out of the Illusory Door and stood beside Lilith.
After staring blankly for a few seconds, Lilith wiped her nose hard, raised her chin, and huffed, "Oh. Got it."
A gentle smile touched Edward's lips. He raised a hand to ruffle her hair, then nodded slightly to Adam and Amon. "It's been a long time, you two."
A faint light flashed across the Monocle over Amon's right eye. "Finally willing to come out, are you? I've been looking for you for a very, very long time."
Edward reached toward himself and plucked out a writhing, struggling Worm of Time. "Attacking the moment we meet? Aren't we going to catch up first, Amon?"
Amon grinned. "I don't think I have anything to catch up on with you."
As he spoke, he made several grabbing motions at Edward, stealing several of his abilities in succession, including Wandering and Spirit World Traversal.
Suddenly, the corner of Amon's mouth lifted. "So you're still only Sequence 2. I thought you'd