What?
The crowd around us froze.
One of the students whispered, "Wait… what's he talking about?"
Another leaned in, voice low. "Pressure? Does he mean the storm… or something inside?"
"Is this code?" someone muttered. "Or… is he actually onto something?"
Marlen narrowed her eyes. "Are you saying we… detonate the blue star supply before Selene move?"
I stared at Cendric, mind racing.
His words echoed behind him as he trudged off, muttering about being soaked and needing to pee.
Most of the squad blinked, confused.
But not me.
Because in that moment my mind clicked.
Of course.
"The body can't hold it anymore."
How could I have forgotten something so obvious?
In the original novel… there was a crucial detail about Aurelia. Her Pale God mark wasn't stable. She could barely contain it. And when the pressure built up when the situation pushed her too far she snapped.
She went berserk.
