Moments before...
From his elevated position in the sky, Kassian complained of pain and perhaps felt enormous frustration that he tried to hide.
"Arggh," he groaned, bringing his now closed hands to his torso and hunching over. "My threads broke. It's impossible, just when I was feeling more energy than ever through them..."
Ravenspire was genuinely surprised, looking down where he could see the residual glow of the final battle.
"Did they really break so soon?" he asked, evaluating the implications.
The war hadn't even lasted a week...
Kassian, annoyed by the loss of connection with his control network, responded with irritation. "Shut up, this means nothing for my lineage. I have much more potential than that showed."
The defensive posturing was obvious, but the underlying concern was real.
Ravenspire rolled his eyes but continued flying toward where he had seen the light explosion that surely had caused the termination of Kassian's "powers".
