"Sure," Dalin replied, though the hoverjet had already begun moving at Adyr's request. The cabin hummed with a light vibration as it shifted direction.
How can someone rise so quickly in both authority and power? Dalin wondered, realizing the chain of command had already tilted the instant Adyr stepped into the cabin.
She recalled who he had been before all this Beyond and Practitioner life began.
Once a nobody without even a surname, Adyr was now standing at the top of all Humanity. His every word was received like a divine order, even by soldiers trained to obey only the chain of command.
The thought made her let out a quiet sigh of relief.
Relief that she remembered their first meeting. Back then, she had almost dismissed him as a nobody, just another man with no background.
