"Your path forward lies with the light of the moon." Her voice carried an eerie quality, prophetic and layered with meanings Finn couldn't fully grasp. "Else all that awaits is doom and demise."
Finn stared at her for several long seconds, deliberating.
Her words weren't direct. Not entirely absolute in declaring the Moon Mother and Luna as "good" or trustworthy. Only that his way forward truly did lie with them.
He took that to mean he should proceed while maintaining his natural wariness. Something he'd already planned on doing anyway.
But his cynical, analytical mind couldn't help considering the alternative scenario. What if this was another elaborate ploy? What if Ailin — the Mnemosyne — was part of it too? The Great One had placed her beside him, after all. What if her role was to guide him toward exactly what these higher powers wanted?
What were his options if that were true?
