Date: Unspecified
Time: Unspecified
Location: Myriad Realms, Card World, Southern Region, Blossom District, Sky Blossom City
Listening to my words to Petra, Veerott immediately understood them as a test. Or rather, what he believed to be a test.
From his perspective, it made perfect sense. Southern Hope had valued him enough to ignore Stone Supreme's desire to kill them. Southern Hope had spared his friends because of him. Naturally, there had to be expectations attached to that.
Nothing came for free, not power, nor trust, and certainly not opportunities.
Meanwhile, Aqualas and Seraphina arrived at an entirely different conclusion. If it truly was a test, why announce it so openly? Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of what the test was aiming for?
No, to them, Southern Hope was doing something else entirely. He was driving a wedge between them and Veerott using this supposed test subtly and deliberately.
