Mother Vyia's words were ominous.
They darkened the air despite the bright light of the morning Sun peering through the windows, illuminating the room within her true body.
Rui's pitch-black eyes sharpened with severity. "Something greater than us…?"
She nodded, immersed in thought. "That was its purpose. It was a guardian. I suspect that was the purpose of the manifold, to protect something within the manifold from outside forces."
Rui frowned. "…Protect what?"
She shook her head with a mystified expression.
"I haven't the faintest clue."
Rui inhaled deeply as the sweet, citrus scent of the pine tree body of the Mother of Nature tickled his nose. The cool winds that blew across the skies brushed past him through the window of the room in a pleasant manner.
Yet, it couldn't ameliorate the tingling foreboding feeling that Rui felt in his heart.
