"What a dreary place."
Ananke's voice sounded subdued.
As they gazed upon the surface of an Unholy Titan's heart, she looked around with a peculiar expression, a pale smile playing on her lips.
"I must say, my lord and lady… it is a strange thing, to witness the dark truth that lies beneath the surface of your world. We knew, of course, the legend of how the Demon of Dread had built the Tomb of Ariel and created the Great River from the flesh and blood of the Stone Titan. But seeing the Titan's heart with your own two eyes, hidden here in the darkness, is an entirely different experience."
Sunny gave her a long look, then shrugged.
"Monstrous things hidden in the darkness beneath the bright surface of reality are the theme of all existence, it seems."
He sighed and turned to face the distant mountains.
"Those mountains ahead of us are where we can enter the true Estuary. So… let's go."
They traveled across the vast expanse of black rock in silence.
