"Seems like you have reached a conclusion, Arawn. Hopefully it's something close to the truth. Well… even if it wasn't, it's not like I could confirm it anyway."
Kainal let out a quiet chuckle, though his expression strained at the edges, that kind of laugh people give when they're forcing down something heavier than their throat can bear.
From his tone alone, I could already tell my earlier deductions had struck a nerve. Both he and Naime were deliberately holding something back, not out of malice, but perhaps out of fear… or reverence. Whichever it was, the truth wasn't something they could say aloud.
Still, the part about livestock was… haunting.
If their implication was correct, then something was seriously wrong beneath this ocean's shimmering façade. And I wasn't sure if I wanted to know just how deep that rot went.
