Lilith did not waste time.
Once the bodies were gathered and the wounded were stabilized, she snapped a few orders. Everything from the wrecked vessel was also recovered.
Lucien stood beside Kaia.
Lilith turned to them
"If you have no urgent destination," she said, "then come with us. We have walls, maps, and time enough to talk."
Lucien exhaled once. The Liberator branch was their initial objective, but the Spatial Compass had only pointed him east. It gave no sense of distance, only direction.
Lucien and Kaia glanced at each other, then nodded in agreement.
"That would be great, sister." Lucien answered Lilith.
Lilith's grin turned satisfied.
"Good," she said.
They followed Lilith inside the ship.
The ramp sealed. The ship lifted. The ground dropped away.
The battlefield vanished behind them.
East Continent stretched below like a quilt of forests, broken ridges, and long scar-lines where old wars had left permanent marks.
