As he contemplated this, the scene before him shifted.
He found himself observing a different location, a different moment in Khor's history.
This time she was helping an injured Tor inside a Nest of Inevitabilities...a gathering place where their kind congregated for rest and communion.
Her young expression was fierce and livid with barely contained rage.
"What did this to you?!" she demanded, "Who dared?!"
Tor smiled despite obvious pain, his form partially destabilized.
"You do not have to worry about that right now," he said with gentle deflection. "But tell me...what is the Second Doctrine of Hunger?"
Fighting back anger and pain, young Khor's voice steadied as she recited.
