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Kai paced along the cracked floor of the training sector's eastern ring, the silence between him and Rose stretching thin. The atmosphere had shifted not violently, but steadily, like something was leaning into the world from just beyond it.
He didn't like it.
Neither did she.
Rose was the first to speak, arms folded as she leaned against one of the scorched support columns. "Still no sign of Professor Eisen June,Eugene,Marlon Still and Still no fairies. How long are we supposed to wait before find another way we can't take those Beast's by ourselves
Kai didn't answer at first. His gaze stayed locked on the faintly glowing seam near the Guardian Beast's locked chamber. A ring of sigils surrounded the space half-activated, and worse, half-stale. Like something had touched them, then walked away.
"This isn't how it's supposed went," he muttered.
Rose straightened. "What do you mean?"
Kai ignored her too engrossed in his own thoughts
