Rin froze.
Something had opened its eyes behind Lucien. For a moment, he couldn't breathe.
The underground chamber was completely silent. Lucien stared at him.
"Rin."
Rin slowly turned his head. Nothing. Only darkness.
"...I don't see anything."
Lucien's expression remained tense.
"That's because it doesn't want you to."
Rin swallowed.
"That is somehow worse."
[HOST.]
The System flickered beside him.
[DO NOT MOVE.]
Rin immediately whispered:
"That's usually what people say right before something terrible happens."
[CORRECT.]
"System!"
Lucien suddenly pulled against his chains. The metal rang through the chamber.
"Rin, get away from the cell."
"I can't just leave you here!"
"You have to."
"No."
Lucien stared at him.
"You don't understand what this place is."
"I know enough."
Rin pointed at the chains.
"You're imprisoned by the fallen god, you're apparently a person who shouldn't still exist, and something behind you just opened its eyes."
