Besides that, she had also mentioned, "We've failed again."
That sentence also carried a great deal of information.
She said "we." Had she taken part too?
Perhaps she had a hand in this revolution as well.
Although the history of the Frostmoon Uprising had been altered, Elliot still knew roughly when it had happened.
It had been last winter.
He could look into what Victoria had been doing during that period. Perhaps he could deduce the truth.
As for "failed again"...
Elliot couldn't help narrowing his eyes.
She had mentioned something similar before. Her exact words had been, "The Second Era has already been destroyed time and time again."
Could the two things be connected?
Would too many failures lead to the destruction of the Second Era?
Had she even experienced the destruction of the Second Era already?
For a moment, Elliot was shaken.
He took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and looked at Victoria before him.
He had only just met her, and they had barely exchanged a few words.
But Victoria had given him a truly enormous amount of information.
Both the Frostmoon Uprising and the part about altering history were quite important to Elliot.
Elliot couldn't help looking at Victoria with a sigh of wonder. He had been right after all; meeting her really had yielded a wealth of gains.
By now, her golden hair had spread across the floor, faintly connecting with those threads.
Remembering the half-human, half-spider appearance Vanessa had mentioned, Elliot had a thought and gently scooped a few strands of spider silk off the floor.
Victoria frowned. She tilted her head slightly, tugging at her long hair.
The spider silk slipped from Elliot's fingers and was swiftly pulled away.
Before she could voice an indignant protest, Elliot spoke.
"Do you...