The strongest female member of the Vesper Consortium only blinked in response.
Vex smiled even wider.
"Ah. Something came up. Please excuse me, my one and only amazing Master~"
*Click.*
The comm artifact cut out.
Black Fang stared at the darkened stone, frozen in place, her bath suddenly turning eerily quiet save for the bubbling poison.
"… That little minx. It's no wonder that the two lunatics fell for one another… They're a perfect match."
She smirked.
Then erupted into manic cackles once again. Finally, this mundane existence was promising some excitement after all these boring centuries.
…
Far beyond stars, past the edges of time's decay, where forgotten gods weep in silence and the void screams without voice, he feasts.
A dying world floated like a blistered fruit within a sphere of unraveling laws. Mountains bled molten tar. Oceans turned to rust. The cries of billions of mortals rose not as sound, but as delicious essence.
