Nolrai2
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Ask who runs this place. It might be the realm of an Imperator, or it might be a world on the tree, and knowing which one might be important.
"Bentenmaru-sama, May I ask whose dominion am I in?" I say, pulling my eyes from the setting sun.
"No one's, really. Cedric used to be mayor, before the sun rose over the sea, and cast down his Night London. Strange things happen over the hills, in Horizon, A School is harvesting children and monsters alike, I hear, and the ships say all the worlds are drowned, in sea, or dust, or forgotten dreams. That even the stars are fogged and lost. Sorry. .I .. " She trails off uncomfortably. "I shouldn't be the one to tell you this." Tears are in her eyes, and she turns away.
I find my clutching her, hugging her, tightly. I don't know what else to do.