AT THE SAME TIME
EMPEROR LIANWEI POINT OF VIEW:
If there's one thing I should have learned by now, it's that Zenith never just visits. The moment he had settled himself in a chair, he steepled his fingers and gave the whole table a very dramatic, knowing look.
"Well." He began in that deep, ominous tone of his. "since I'm here, perhaps I should share a vision about young Huan's future."
Suen's mother perked up immediately, all polite interest. A Luen's father leaned forward slightly, trying not to look eager. Mei Shen shot me a look that said if you let him do this, you're cleaning up the fallout. Zenith closed his eyes, humming like he was pulling the vision from the heavens themselves. Then he opened them, glowing faintly gold just for extra effect.
"I see… years from now… a great warrior."Zenith said.
Suen's parents smiled. A Luen's parents straightened.
