"...And what did you answer the cosmic elder?" Billy asked again, his eyes fixed on Robin as he waited for the answer.
Billy's heartbeat, along with those of the inhabitants throughout the universe who were watching the broadcast, slowed dramatically at that moment, as though everyone instinctively understood the weight carried by the answer that was about to come.
Every side conversation vanished almost instantly, and anyone who couldn't remain silent despite the tension was beaten until they lost consciousness... Everyone wanted to hear Robin's answer clearly, without missing a single word because of some meaningless noise around them.
"I told him I'd obviously prefer to survive with my followers." Robin chuckled as though the answer were still as obvious to him now as it had been back then. "Why would I die for people who wouldn't even pay me any attention or give me my due reverence after everything I did for them?"
